The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that the list of 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative measure specifications, originally posted on April 1, 2007, have been updated. The measure specifications are available in the “Downloads” section of the PQRI web site. The details of the changes are described in the document entitled “June 1, 2007 Release Notes, Version 1.0,” which is available as a separate download.
CMS does not anticipate additional measure changes; however, consistent with the statute, the measures are subject to modification until July 1, 2007.
The 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 Dec. 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.
