Press Release
06-11-2009: Coshocton, OH
Industries: Healthcare, Information Technology
Meridios, Ltd selected as a nationwide CMS
qualified registry to report healthcare quality
measures.
Meridios received official
notification from the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services that it has earned the status of
“CMS PQRI qualified registry” using its healthMATRIX™
health registry / disease management application.
Following is an excerpt from the CMS announcement:
“Congratulations! You are a “qualified” registry for
the 2009 PQRI Registry Program. Thank you for your
hard work and dedication in getting to this point.”
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative is currently
a voluntary CMS reporting program that provides a
financial incentive to physicians and other eligible
professionals. Eligible professionals who
satisfactorily report at least three applicable
quality measures shall be paid a maximum of one
incentive payment, which will be equivalent to 2.0%
of Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) allowed
charges for all covered professional services
furnished during the longest reporting period for
which he or she has satisfied reporting. Reporting
can be accomplished using one of two methods. Claims
based reporting is a manual process of completing
and submitting forms. Registry based reporting is
more automated and uses electronic data transfers.
healthMATRIX is a healthcare quality
tracking application with the ability to perform CMS
registry reporting.
Using healthMATRIX can provide the
following benefits:
Reduced expenses: Meridios is providing PQRI
reporting as a NO CHARGE benefit to its clients.
Elimination of the frustration and hassle of claims
based submission: Without healthMATRIX,
clients are faced with the daunting task of manually
completing many CMS forms and tracking patients.
With healthMATRIX, the submission process
is almost entirely automated.
Increased accuracy and increased probability of
maximizing your incentive payment: Reporting will be
performed via an automated process by extracting
required data directly from electronic medical
record (EMR) systems. This will reduce data errors
and incorrect formatting.
Meridios is excited about helping our clients to
successfully complete PQRI reporting and to receive
the associated benefits.
About Meridios, Ltd
Meridios™ is a healthcare consulting and software
company dedicated to developing technology and
process solutions that encourage improved patient
care. A fragmented healthcare system leaves a gap in
the capture and reporting of clinical data. Meridios
seeks to bridge that gap.
