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  • CMS Extends IRIS Registry’s Status for MIPS Data Collection
    JAN 05, 2022 in News, Promoting Interoperability, Quality Reporting
    For the sixth year in a row, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved the IRIS® (Intelligent Research in Sight) Registry as a qualified clinical data registry (QCDR), defined as an entity with demonstrated clinical expertise in medicine and quality mea…
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    CMS Drops 4 MIPS Measures for 2021 Performance Scoring
    JAN 05, 2022 in News, Quality Reporting, Promoting Interoperability
    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has dropped four quality measures from being considered in physicians’ Merit-Based Incentive Payment System 2021 performance period scores.
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    3 Webinars to Help You Participate in IRIS Registry and MIPS Reporting
    DEC 16, 2021 in News, Promoting Interoperability, Quality Reporting
    The Academy offers three live discussions to get questions answered and the latest updates on the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) reporting and support your participation in the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight).
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    IRIS Registry Users Will Need All Ophthalmologists' Member IDs to Report MIPS
    DEC 15, 2017 in Promoting Interoperability, Quality Reporting, News, Web-Portal Reporting
    New in 2017, all practices using the IRIS Registry to report for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System need all ophthalmologists' Academy member IDs to complete the data-release consent form.
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    How to Attest to Meaningful Use Objective 10
    FEB 02, 2017 in News, Promoting Interoperability
    If you registered to electronically submit data to the IRIS Registry in 2016, you can attest to Objective 10, measure 3. However, because of a CMS system glitch, you need to take a couple extra steps when you attest.
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    IRIS® Registry and Its Impact
    APR 21, 2016 in News, Promoting Interoperability, Quality Reporting
    The Academy’s IRIS® Registry does far more than help physicians avoid payment penalty. In a session during Mid-Year Forum 2016, several ophthalmologists shared how they’ve used the registry to improve their own performance and that of their practice.
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    CMS Adds Eye Codes to Diabetes Eye Exam Measure for 2016 Reporting
    MAR 18, 2016 in Quality Reporting, News, Promoting Interoperability
    Retina practices that participate in the 2016 Physician Quality Reporting System or meaningful use using their electronic health record systems can now receive credit for reporting the diabetes eye exam on patient encounters coded with eye codes.
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    How to View 2015 Data in the Dashboard
    MAR 11, 2016 in Quality Reporting, News, User Questions, Promoting Interoperability
    The IRIS® Registry dashboard displays data using a rolling frame of reference. Depending on how you use the registry’s reporting tools, that means your report may combine data from multiple years.
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    How to Report for 2016 PQRS as a Retina Specialist
    MAR 11, 2016 in Promoting Interoperability, Quality Reporting, News, Diabetic Retinopathy Group (2016)
    To help retina specialists succeed in the Physician Quality Reporting System, the Academy has worked to protect measure options and developed a new measures group for 2016 reporting. Physicians who don’t successfully report for PQRS in 2016 face a minimum 4 percent penalty o…
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    2015 Performance-Rate Changes on Retina EHR Measures
    MAR 04, 2016 in Promoting Interoperability, News, Quality Reporting, Retina
    Retina specialists who integrated their electronic health record system with the IRIS® Registry in 2014 may notice changes in their 2015 performance rates for some measures.
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