It is coming down to the wire, and many practices are feeling the heat to work through a certified registry to complete their PQRI requirements built to receive their CMS dollars for 2009. Many practices have actually decided to skip their 2009 reporting and move right into 2010. This is really too bad because there was a great opportunity to be had in 2009, it only required 3 measures on two patients, per provider. Requirements are slowly moving now to the “meaningful use” requirements, and are going to be a little more defined in their reporting structures for 2010.
Practices/Providers have to understand that as we move towards the 2010 reporting requirements there are going to be extra eRx incentives to gain. You can read more about this on CMS website. What may end up happening is a flurry of groups to look at finding and solidifying a contract with a certified registry early in the year of 2010, so they can establish a mode of standardization, to get the most out of their reporting.
