Medicare Quality Reporting Incentive programs Manual (Pub. 100-22), Ch. 2 § 60.1.1
Criteria for Determination of Successful Electronic Prescriber
60.1.1 – Criteria for Determination of Successful Electronic Prescriber
for the Incentive Payments – Individual Eligible Professionals
(Rev. 10, Issued: 07-27-12, Effective: 10-29-12, Implementation: 10-29-12)
For the 2009 incentive, an individual eligible professional was considered a “successful
electronic prescriber” if he/she reported the eRx measure (as specified for 2009) on at
least 50% of the cases in which the measure is reportable by the eligible professional
during the 2009 reporting period.
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For the 2010 through 2013 incentives, an individual eligible professional was/is
considered a “successful electronic prescriber” if he/she reports the eRx measure (as
specified for the year) for at least 25 unique denominator-eligible events during
respective incentive reporting periods.