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Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

PQRI Topics

On December 20, 2006, the President signed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA). Section 101 under Title I authorizes the establishment of a physician quality reporting system by CMS.  CMS has titled the statutory program the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri/.

PQRI establishes a financial incentive for eligible professionals to participate in a voluntary quality reporting program.  Eligible professionals who successfully report a designated set of quality measures on claims for dates of service from July 1 to December 31, 2007, may earn a bonus payment, subject to a cap, of 1.5% of total allowed charges for covered Medicare physician fee schedule services.