“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on track to deploy IT systems that can manage data submissions for the quality payment program…”
“But technical assistance for physicians who will submit quality data is still lacking, the agency said in a report … And without a comprehensive integrity plan, the program could be vulnerable to fraud and abuse.”
“CMS has also tested, but not yet fully deployed, applications designed to streamline the submission process and is in the process of authenticating accounts and fine-tuning eligibility determinations…”
“But that technical infrastructure will be diminished if clinicians participating in QPP don’t have a sufficient understanding of the new program and how to report data…”
Source: CMS is ready to handle QPP data in January, but OIG is concerned clinicians could ‘game the system’ – By Evan Sweeney, December 15, 2017. FierceHealthcare. Read the full article here.
