tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 24

PQRI: Some Practices Decide The PQRI Bonus Won't Add Up

Is it worth the extra effort?Eye Center of Central Georgia was preparing to participate in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). But after learning all about the PQRI, Eye Center decided to skip it, says Cindy Holt, a coder at Eye Center. Why? The practice's physicians talked to other practices in the area and found they were the only ones in their specialty planning on taking part. "This caused much concern that we would be 'singled out,'" Holt explains. "Therefore, they changed their minds," Holt says. "Can't say I'm sad about that. All the numbers I...

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