New PQRI Options Announced
On April 17, CMS announced new data reporting options for its
voluntary Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) in 2008.
As an alternative to submitting quality data as part of their
Medicare claims, the program allows physicians and other
eligible professionals to submit the data through a medical
registry, which reports the data to CMS. They also can choose
to report data on individual measures, or on group measures
that capture multiple data elements about common care
processes for diabetes, kidney disease and preventive
medicine. Those who report using groups of measures can
start reporting in July and still be eligible to earn an incentive
payment for 2008.
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