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 pqrs@osteopathic.org. More in Newsbriefs “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. DO Day Scholarship available for DO residents, fellows and new physicians: Applications due Jan. 31 DO residents, fellows and new physicians in practice can receive a scholarship to cover registration and travel. 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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DO Day Scholarship available for DO residents, fellows and new physicians: Applications due Jan. 31 DO residents, fellows and new physicians in practice can receive a scholarship to cover registration and travel.