Hi, I have been asked by our Pt Financial Director to post this to see how other Meditech hospitals are handling this. Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or myself.
Thanks, Sandi -----Original Message----- From: Terry Hibbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:12 AM To: Wiltshire, Sandi Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PQRI Sandi; Here is what I am looking for: Dear Colleagues: It is our understanding of the regulations related to PQRI (Physician Quality Reporting Initiative) that this is a voluntary reporting beginning 7/1/07to 12/31/2007. It is also our understanding that participants will receive an additional 1.5% reimbursement above the Medicare Fee Schedule. Currently our HIM staff perform the coding for our ER physician services only. However, we provide services in other areas covered by this program, specifically; nutritionists,clinc MD, social workers, physical and occupational therapists for 1500 billing. As you can guess this would cause a very large unanticipated work load for this staff as they do not currently code these services. Please confirm if it is also your understanding that the PQRI program is voluntary so that we can make a more informed decision about how we will process these changes. If you have chosen to participate what processes have you engaged to capture and report the required modifiers needed by CMS. Thank you for your response thanks Terry Hibbert Director, Patient Financial Services Heywood Hospital 978-630-6209 978-630-6153 Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= To subscribe or unsubscribe to the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. To check the status of the meditech-l, visit MTUsers.NET. For help, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the MTUsers WikiPedia at MTUsers.NET/mwiki ______________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
