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Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) establishes a financial incentive for eligible professionals to participate in a voluntary quality reporting program. Eligible professionals who successfully report a designated set of quality measures on claims for dates of service from July 1 to December 31, 2007, may earn a bonus payment, subject to a cap, of 1.5% of total allowed charges for covered Medicare physician fee schedule services.
To participate in the 2007 PQRI, physicians and other eligible professionals, as defined by the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA), should begin by reviewing the detailed 2007 PQRI Quality Measure Specifications and related informational materials available on the CMS PQRI website (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/15_MeasuresCodes.asp), and selecting measures applicable to their patient panels and the services the professional furnishes his or her patients. The eligible professionals should then report the selected measures by submitting the specified quality-data codes on claims for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and provided between July 1 and December 31, 2007.
More about the PQRI can be obtained at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website (see link below):
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/
For more information on participating in PQRI contact:
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Hien Vu, RHIA
Program Manager, Physician Services
phone:205.970.1600 ext. 2281
toll free:800.760.4550 ext. 2281
e-mail: HVu@alqio.sdps.org