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Physician
Quality
Improvement
Initiative
&
E-Prescribing
2008 PQRI. The Medicare, Medicaid, and
SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (MMSEA) was enacted on December 29, 2007
(Pub. Law 110-173). MMSEA authorizes CMS to make PQRI incentive
payments for satisfactorily reporting quality measures data in 2008.
For 2008, eligible professionals who meet the criteria for
satisfactory submission of quality measures data for services
furnished during the reporting period, January 1, 2008 - December 31,
2008, will earn an incentive payment of 1.5 percent of their total
allowed charges for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional
services furnished during that same period (the 2008 calendar year).
This reporting period was established in the 2008 PFS Rule, as
authorized by TRHCA. Financial
incentives earned for 2008 reporting will be paid in mid-2009 from the
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance (Part B) Trust Fund. The 1.5%
financial incentive and its funding source for 2008 are the same as
for 2007.
2008 PQRI consists of 119 quality measures,
including 2 structural measures. One structural measure conveys
whether a professional has and uses electronic health records and the
other electronic prescribing. For further information on 2008 PQRI
measures and detailed specifications,
please go to: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/
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