Fierce Healthcare December 15, 2017
IT systems are prepared for QPP data submission in 2018, but OIG has concerns about the feedback process.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is on track to deploy IT systems that can manage data submissions for the quality payment program, according to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General.
But technical assistance for physicians who will submit quality data is still lacking, the agency said in a report (PDF) released on Thursday. And without a comprehensive integrity plan, the program could be vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
The update comes a year after the OIG identified IT systems development as a critical factor in ensuring QPP success, a physician payment program created through...
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