Physician Explanation for Apparent Gaps in the Quality of Rheumatology Care: Results from the U.S. Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System

摘要

BackgroundThe metrics used to assess quality of care and pay for performance are increasingly important. Medicare established the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) that allowed physicians to report performance measures for many conditions including osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We described the frequency and nature of physician-reported reasons why recommended care for individual osteoporosis and RA patients was not provided.