2009-11-12
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun
distribution of 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) payments.
These payments will be issued to the tax ID number by Medicare carrier via
paper check or electronically. It will take at least one month to distribute all
2008 PQRI incentive payments. For those eligible professionals who were
initially found unsuccessful under the 2007 program, 2007 PQRI re-run payments
will be distributed in November 2009. Both 2007 re-run and 2008 PQRI feedback
reports will be made available around October 30.
CMS has created an alternative process that individual
eligible professionals may use to request 2007 re-run and 2008 PQRI feedback
reports based on their individual National Provider Identifier (NPI). This additional option is not applicable
to group practices, which must use the Individuals Authorized Access to CMS
Computer Services system to access feedback reports. Individual
PQRI participants can call their respective carrier or A/B MAC Provider Contact
Center to request 2007 re-run and 2008 PQRI feedback reports that will contain
data based on their individual NPI. This means that physicians who are part of
a group practice can also get their individual feedback reports. For
additional information regarding this alternative PQRI feedback report request
process, please see the CMS Web
site.
There
are four hematology measures in the PQRI program. Additional information on these measures can be found on ASH's PRQI page.
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