title: Revved-up reporting.
abstract: As federal quality reporting mandates and noncompliance penalties add up, experts say registries can help take the sting out of the process and rev up quality improvement for physician practices. The online reporting tool is also taking a front seat over claims-based reporting as Medicare signals its plans to eventually phase out that less efficient and less clinically accurate option.
authors.forename: Amy Lynn
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sorrel
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008499:Medical Records; D006278:Medicare; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010820:Physicians; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D058996:Quality Improvement; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012042:Registries; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States