ACP PRO Venous Registry Approved by CMS for Meaningful Use

September 7, 2016—The American College of Phlebology (ACP) recently announced that the ACP PRO Venous Registry has been designated a meaningful-use specialized registry by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) as part of the agency’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program. The registry collects both physician and patient reported outcome (PRO) data. To participate in the registry, visit: www.phlebology.org/registry.

The ACP PRO Venous Registry includes more than 600 data fields, covering the full spectrum of deep and superficial venous disease to provide a comprehensive picture of vein care through its collection of both physician and patient reported data. ACP advised that the system was designed to grow as science advances, so an infinite number of new diagnoses, procedures, and treatments can be added quickly and easily.

According to ACP, to fulfill the modified stage 2 conditions of the EHR Incentive Program, CMS outlines 10 objectives, including one consolidated public health reporting requirement. Under the rule, eligible professionals can report their EHR data to what CMS terms a “specialized registry” to fulfill Objective 10: Public Health Reporting. The CMS designation provides ACP members and vein care practitioners an important means of meeting this requirement.

Additionally, the ACP PRO Venous Registry is integrated with several existing electronic medical records (EMR) vendors, including StreamlineMD and Medstreaming.

An ACP-certified EMR system is used to collect the physician- and patient-reported data for the registry. This makes the registry an easily utilized research and benchmarking tool, offering a number of opportunities for providers to participate and specifically allow patients to share their stories through generic and disease specific quality of life scales. It is also the only registry dedicated specifically to the breadth of venous disease, designed by those practicing in the field, stated ACP.