Using the IRIS Registry

The Academy’s IRIS Registry provides a powerful tool for both clinicians and researchers, solo practitioners and office administrators. Use the following Academy resources to get the most from the registry. These resources can be used by practices that have an existing IRIS Registry account.

View or Enter Practice or Provider Data

• User guide: Get step-by-step instructions for all basic tasks
• To access the user guide: You will need an Academy or American Academy of Ophthalmic Executives member login.

Quality Reporting

• Medicare reporting: Learn how the IRIS Registry simplifies reporting for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System.
• Non-EHR reporting: How practices without an integrated EHR system can use the IRIS Registry for MIPS.

For more details on specific program requirements for MIPS, including measure and activities details, view the Academy’s comprehensive how-to guidance:

• Quality measures: Review the quality measures available for tracking in the IRIS Registry.
• Improvement activities: Choose from a list of improvement activities relevant to ophthalmologists.
• Advancing care information: Familiarize yourself with the advancing care information category that replaced meaningful use.
• Maintenance of Certification Part IV: EHR integrated users can use their quality measures to complete a MOC Part IV registry-based project.