Common use of PQRS Services Clause in Contracts

PQRS Services. The Software may contain functionality to collect and transmit certain Physicians Quality Reporting System (“PQRS”) data, either through Modernizing Medicine or through third parties (“Third Party Registries”), to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) or other government agencies (the “PQRS Functionality”). If Schedule “A” of the License Agreement indicates that Medical Practice has elected the PQRS Services option then Medical Practice, on behalf of itself and each of its Users, hereby authorizes Modernizing Medicine (i) to provide any PQRS measures, information, data or material entered into the Software and/or generated by the Software, including, without limitation, PQRS measure calculations (“PQRS Information”), to Third Party Registries, CMS or other government agencies, (ii) to use and disclose the PQRS Information for any purpose and in any manner not prohibited by law, and (iii) to enroll each Provider in the PQRS reporting services offered by any Third Party Registry (including, without limitation, Healthmonix (formerly NetHealth LLC) (the “PQRS Services”). Medical Practice acknowledges and agrees that (i) the ability to transmit data to any third party from the Software may not be available for use by Medical Practice or its Users until Modernizing Medicine and such third party have completed certain technical development with respect to such functionality, (ii) Modernizing Medicine may deactivate the ability to transmit PQRS Information to any third party from time to time in Modernizing Medicine’s sole discretion and (iii) the PQRS Functionality and the PQRS Services may not be available for use by Medical Practice or its Users from time to time in the sole discretion of Modernizing Medicine. Without limiting the foregoing, Medical Practice further acknowledges and agrees that no Users shall use the PQRS functionality in the Software or the PQRS Services if Medical Practice is not then current in all payments owed to Modernizing Medicine under the License Agreement. Each User shall follow all guidelines, protocols and procedures specified by Modernizing Medicine with respect to the use of the PQRS Functionality and the PQRS Services.