CMS Gears Up for New Medicare Quality Reporting Program April 23, 2007
On July 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to launch the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), which will provide a bonus payment (1.5%, subject to a cap) to eligible physicians and other practitioners who voluntarily report a designated set of quality care measures on their Medicare fee-for-service claims. The bonus payment period, authorized by the Tax Relief & Health Care Act of 2006, runs from July 1 through December 31, 2007.