Physicians and PQRI -- New updates from CMS

There have been lots of questions from physician offices regarding the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and updates including questions regarding payments for prior years. To address this, CMS has just announced that they will host a national conference call (Q&A session) on Thursday, Sept 17, 2009 at 2:30 - 4:30 EDT. The topics covered on this national provider call will include:

• Status of the 2007 re-run and 2008 PQRI Incentive payments and feedback reports;
• How to access the 2007 re-run and 2008 PQRI feedback reports;
• Resources to assist eligible professionals; and
• PQRI and E-Prescribing Alternative Report Request Process

Following this presentation, the lines will be opened to allow participants to ask questions of CMS PQRI subject matter experts.

Educational resources are available on the PQRI dedicated web page located at, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI and specific to the e-prescribing incentive at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ERxIncentive.

In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call in advance at http://www2.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/091709 additionally a transcript of the call will be available at least one week after the call at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri on the CMS website.