RE: Physician Clinical Registry Coalition’s Comments on the Proposed CY 2021
Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and
Updates to the Quality Payment Program (CMS-1734-P)
Dear Administrator Verma:
The undersigned members of the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition (the “Coalition”)
appreciate the opportunity to comment on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’
(“CMS’s”) proposed rule on updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality
Payment Program for calendar year (“CY”) 2021 (the “Proposed Rule” or “NPRM”) relating to
Qualified Clinical Data Registries (“QCDRs”) and Qualified Registries (“QRs”). The Coalition
is a group of medical society-sponsored clinical data registries that collect and analyze clinical
outcomes data to identify best practices and improve patient care. We are committed to
advocating for policies that encourage and enable the development of clinical data registries and
enhance their ability to improve quality of care through the analysis and reporting of clinical
outcomes. Most of the members of the Coalition have been approved as QCDRs or QRs for
2021.
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