tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 6

Start Reporting PQRI Now to Recoup Bonus

Medicare program's second period began in January Medicare recently renewed the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for 2008, giving EDs another opportunity to fatten their bottom lines by reporting on certain measures. The basics: The new PQRI period began Jan. 1, 2008, and will run until Dec. 31, 2008, said Eli Berg, MD, FACEP, during his recent Coding Institute teleconference "Best ED Coding Practices: Get on the Right Foot for 2008." This year, Medicare laid out 119 measures for physicians to report, says Michael A. Granovsky, MD, CPC, FACEP, president of Medical Reimbursement Systems Inc. (MRSI), an ED...

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