tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 45

PQRI: Final Rule Introduces 60 New PQRI Measures For '08

Smoking cessation counseling may net you a bonus next year The 2008 Fee Schedule final rule includes provisions for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for 2008, and it doesn't leave out nonphysician practitioners (NPPs). The final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) lists the 119 PQRI measures for 2008, including 59 of the 2007 PQRI quality measures, as well as several new ones. "We recognize that quality extends beyond the physicians," said CMS' Susan Nedza, MD, MBA, FACEP, at the CMS PQRI National Provider Call on Nov. 28. Therefore, she emphasized the fact...

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