Register now for successful PQRS participation

A new online registration tool, the Physician Value-Physician Quality Reporting System (PV-PQRS) Registration System, is available now for practices registering for the group practice reporting option (GPRO) for the PQRS and value-based payment (VBP) modifier programs.

Using the new system, practices can select their reporting method for the PQRS program for calendar year 2013 and begin the process for avoiding the 1.5% PQRS penalty and the 1% VBP penalty in 2015.

To access the registration system, practices must have an Individual Authorized Access to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Computer Services (IACS) account. For more information on the PV-PQRS and IACS account and to check whether your practice needs to register, visit the CMS website.

The PV-PQRS Registration System opened July 15 and will remain open until Oct. 15.

For more information on upcoming important dates related to a variety of regulatory, payment, educational and delivery system changes and requirements (including PQRS and VBP), visit ACP's Physician and Practice Timeline.