Ok, well it isn't actually a 6.5% raise, but we all get a 0.5% raise, and nearly everyone should be able to avoid the 6% cut, so the "delta" in your payments is 6.5%.
1. Look at
this thread and complete the brief form for a hardship exemption for 2015 (which avoids a 2% cut in 2017). The deadline for requesting the exemption is now 7/1/16. I really think that any of us who get this 2% cut have only themselves to blame.
2. Use a registry to send in PQRS data. I just spent a couple of hours at the end of the day today doing this. We used MDinteractive. The cost of the registry is $199, and the savings is avoiding a 4% cut in Medicare payments in 2017. The list of measures on their website is pretty extensive. Keep in mind... you only enter data on 20 patients, of which 11 must be Medicare and the remainder can be with any insurance.
You have to act fast on this one, as the submission deadline is 2/29/15.
