Some of our providers were attesting for the first time this week, and when reporting on NQF0013 (and other CQM's), "Performance Rate" appeared as a required field. CMS provides a formula for calculating the performance rate, but the data needed to calculate it isn't available on the MU reports. We opened a call with GE, and they knew nothing about this requirement. They aren't sure if they can even provide the data needed to calculate performance rate. Our issue is still pending with GE, but has anyone run into this? I find it hard to believe that we are the first customers to attest in 2013 using the affected CQM's, but if the majority are due for a full-year reporting period, then I suppose it's possible we are the first to encounter the new reporting requirement.
We had attested for providers who were on the 90-day schedule back in April and that wasn't an issue at the time. "Performance Rate" is PQRS verbage, although the website though is always changing!