CMS proposes releasing physician group metrics

For years, CMS has encouraged physicians to submit information about their practice via a program called PQRS. On its Physician Compare website, CMS would list whether physicians have enrolled in its pay-for-reporting program, but the actual numbers that were reported would not be disclosed publicly. People have speculated that it would only be a matter of time before CMS decides to publish the actual metrics, and CMS recently proposed doing just that in 2016. We look forward to this additional step towards greater physician practice transparency.

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