tci Part B Insider - 2009 Issue 2

PQRI CMS Offers Guidance on PQRI for 2009 -- And Confirms Increased Incentive Payment

Plus: CMS offers two reporting periods for PQRI participation. Want to collect your maximum physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI) bonus this year? CMS just made things a little bit easier. During a Jan. 13 CMS Open Door Forum, Medicare officials outlined the process that you'll have to follow if you want to collect your bonus this year. Following are a few highlights of the call: More measures: While Medi-care offered 119 PQRI measures in 2008, you'll find 153 measures this year. Plus, CMS removed e-prescribing as one of the measures because it now comprises a separate incentive program...

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