News in brief Deadline March 17: Discount available for PQRSWizard AOA members can receive a discount on PQRSWizard, a PQRS Qualified Registry. Feb. 24, 2017Friday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email If you are eligible to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and you don’t satisfactorily report data on quality measures from the 2016 program year, you may be subject to a 2% payment adjustment of your Physician Fee Schedule charges beginning in 2018. The AOA CAP for PQRS registry, AOA’s standalone registry, is no longer available. However, AOA members can receive a discount on PQRSWizard, a PQRS Qualified Registry. The cost to participate in the PQRSWizard is $199 for AOA members/$299 for nonmembers. The PQRSWizard registry closes March 17, 2017, at 5 p.m. ET. All data for the 2016 reporting period must be submitted by that deadline. Visit www.osteopathic.org/pqrs for more information or contact [email protected]. More in Newsbriefs DO appointed to VA leadership role Haipeng “Mark” Zhang, DO, will serve as acting assistant under secretary for health. Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories. Previous articleUp to $25,000 in research grants available for students and residents Next articleHow to break bad news to patients: Experts offer best practices
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Poetry collection by DO explores healing, resilience Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, DO, Air Force Reserve flight surgeon, has released “Resonance of the Soul: Flowers and Harmonics,” a poetry collection that gives voice to healing and human stories.