I'm not depending on the counting by AC's mu wizard. I am putting things I want to track such as LDL, hgac, colonoscopy, etc into the tracked data area and I can run a report easily from there. I am also using the decision support section to track this stuff but I'm not sure how it will count. I have done the Medicare pqrs reporting through a registry and have gotten the money every year so far. This year I am interested in how this could be done through ac. I am interested in how accurate it will be. Honestly though, I've only been doing it both ways for the past maybe 13 months and haven't gotten to the point of reporting.
I think it is important to see how accurate this can be. The first year of pqrs, Medicare wanted just 30 patients with the diagnosis. The second year it was 30 consecutive patient. The third year it was 30 patients, 85% of whom met Medicare benchmarks. I wonder what the hoops will be this year?
My understanding of year 1 meaningful use, is just demonstrating your ability to provide a numerator and denominator. I imagine that this will be a topic at the acuc. The registry that I have been using asks the question this year if I'd like to report through my emr. Not sure if I do or don't at this point.
I probably didn't answer your question...I'm just entering the info my old way and also by documenting in decision support and I'll let you know in a couple of months how they compare.
Nancy
