Practices that are eligible to participate and report in payment programs must maintain current knowledge of reporting requirements to ensure successful department administration. Private payers and anesthesia contracts with hospital administrations may also be contingent on collecting, reporting and improving upon quality measure data.
Regardless of federal and state payers, practices should consider collecting data on quality measures and reporting the data to the Anesthesia Quality Institute® (AQI®) National Anesthesia Clinical Outcomes Registry® (NACOR®). Each practice and individual member reporting to AQI NACOR receives a detailed dashboard of their measures that benchmarks across anesthesia practices.