PQRI: You Won't Know Your Share Of $1.35 Billion Pie Until The End
Next year's project adds 45 quality measures
If you stayed away from the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) this year because it didn't have enough measures that applied to you, then 2008 could be your year to dive in. Next year's PQRI project will have 119 measures, up from 74 in this year's version. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) broadened the demo to include some providers who didn't have much opportunity to participate this year, officials said.
The 2008 PQRI also will include two "structural measures:" One will assess your use of electronic prescribing, and the...
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