Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) 2013 Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO)
and SSP Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Web Interface Reporting IACS and PQRS Portal
Roles Management Program Year 2013
Transcript 10/25/2013
• Slide 1: Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) 2013 Group Practice Reporting Option
and Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization Web Interface Reporting IACS
and PQRS Portal Roles Management Program Year 2013
• Slide 4: In this presentation, we will discuss an IACS overview, a roles overview,
what you need to do, maintaining your IACS account, and resources for assistance.
• Slide 5: This presentation will cover information related to the GPRO Web Interface
Reporting Mechanism.
If you are submitting data through another reporting mechanism, please visit the PQRS
website on CMS.gov for more information on how to submit data for PQRS.
• Slide 6: Individuals Authorized Access to the CMS Computer Services or IACS allows
user to apply a single User ID to access many CMS applications.
An IACS account is required to access the GPRO Web Interface.
Users are limited to one IACS account per person.
An existing IACS account cannot be transferred to another individual.
An account can be associated to multiple tax identification numbers or TINs.
• Slide 7: For a PQRS GPRO user to access the Web Interface, IACS accounts must be associated
with the GPRO TIN.
For an ACO user to access the Web Interface, IACS accounts must be associated with the
ACO Primary TIN used when registering for the ACO program.
If your organization and users reported data via the GPRO Web Interface in a previous program
year, your existing IACS accounts may be utilized.
You will need to ensure your account is still active.
• Slide 8: There are two different roles required to be able to submit data in the
GPRO Web Interface: a PQRS Security Official Role and a PQRS Submitter Role.
The Security Official Role must be set up for your group in order to approve the Submitter
Role.
• Slide 9: There is one Security Official for your group The SO will approve roles for
the data submitters in your group including: the PQRS Submitter Role in IACS and the GPRO
Submission 2013 or ACO Submission 2013 role within the PQRS QualityNet Roles Management
System or QRMS.
The Security Official cannot submit data for your group in the Web Interface.
If you already have an security official for your group, they should make sure their account
is active, if it is not, they should follow the steps in IACS to reactivate.
Note The Security Official role is different than the security official role used for PV-PQRS
registration.
• Slide 10: If your Organization is not setup in IACS for PQRS, your security official
will first need to set up your Organization in IACS at this link.
NOTE: This Security Official role is different than the Security Official role used for PV-PQRS
registration.
Once your request is submitted, the QualityNet help desk will contact the Security Official
to request verification documentation.
CMS approved IRS documentation used to set up your Organization includes: CP 575, Letter
147C, Form 9787, CP 225, Letter 2645C, CP 210, CP 267, CP 403, CP 2100A, CP 504, Letter
387C, and Letter 2782C.
The IRS document must be on IRS letterhead and include your Organization's address and
tax ID or employee identification number.
• Slide 11: PQRS Submitter Role.
This role is for GPROs and ACO users accessing the Web Interface and submitting data in the
Web Interface.
The group Security Official approves the PQRS Submitters for the group.
There can be multiple PQRS Submitters for your group.
NOTE: This submitter role is different than the submitter role used for PV-PQRS registration.
• Slide 12: If you participated in GPRO WI submission last year, you need to make
sure your IACS account is still active.
If it is not, you need to reactivate it.
If you are a new GPRO user in 2013 and do not have an IACS account, you must to register
for an IACS account with the PQRS Submitter role, under the GPRO TIN.
Once approved in IACS, request the GPRO Submission 2013 role within the PQRS Portal.
If you are a new ACO user in 2013 and do not have an IACS account, you must to register
for an IACS account with the PQRS Submitter role, under the ACO Primary TIN.
Once approved in IACS, request the ACO Submission 2013 role within the PQRS Portal.
If you are a new GPRO user in 2013 and have an IACS account, make sure you have the IACS
PQRS Submitter role for your TIN.
If you do not, you may have to go through additional verification to obtain that role.
This is not the same role used to register for PQRS GPRO.
If you are a new ACO user in 2013 and have an IACS account, make sure you have the PQRS
Submitter role with IACS associated with your ACO Primary TIN.
You will then need to request the ACO Submission 2013 role with the PQRS Portal.
• Slide 13: You need an IACS account to access the Web Interface.
Go to the CMS Applications Portal URL at this link.
Follow the steps to set up an account.
Contact the QualityNet Help Desk if you have any questions about setting up your IACS account.
• Slide 14: Within IACS, you must ensure your account has the PQRS Submitter role and
is associated with your organization.
Within the PQRS Portal Roles Management System, you must request either the GPRO Submission
2013 or the ACO Submission 2013.
This submitter role is different than the submitter role used for PV-PQRS registration.
• Slide 15: To obtain the GPRO or ACO Submission 2013 Role, first ensure you have your IACS
account created with the PQRS Submitter role, and also associated to your Organization,
either the GPRO TIN or the ACO Primary TIN.
Next, login to the PQRS Portal Roles Management application and request the GPRO Submission
2013 role or the ACO Submission 2013 role.
• Slide 16: Maintaining Your IACS Account.
You must renew your password every 60 days.
If your account expires, you must follow the instructions within IACS to reactivate your
account.
• Slide 17: Look out for these other 2013 PQRS GPRO webinars on the CMS YouTube site
at this link: 2013 PQRS GPRO 101 Parts 1 and 2, 2013 GPRO Reporting Mechanisms Parts 1
and 2, 2013 GPRO Value-Based Modifier, Public Reporting, and the Measures Overview.
• Slide 18: Please also check the CMS YouTube site for these upcoming webinars: the CAHPS
Overview.
Note that CMS will host live training sessions on GPRO Web Interface reporting following
the close of registration.
• Slide 19: For additional information, you can go to the GPRO page of the CMS PQRS
website at this link.
You can search FAQs for related questions or you can contact the QualityNet Help Desk,
Monday -- Friday, 7:00 am - 7:00 pm central time, via e-mail at qnetsupport@sdps.org,
via telephone (866) 288-8912, TTY 1-877-715-6222 or via fax at (888) 329-7377.