2008

The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA), the statute authorizing the physician quality reporting system that CMS has named the "Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)", requires that CMS propose in the Federal Register by August 15, 2007, and finalize by November 15, 2007, quality measures CMS has identified as appropriate for eligible professionals to use to report PQRI data in 2008.

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) included 148 proposed measures. The final rule identifies the 119 of these measures that CMS has selected, pursuant to statutory requirements, for eligible professionals to report data under the 2008 PQRI measures.

The MPFS final rule also summarizes and responds to comments on PQRI content of the proposed rule and describes CMS' plans to test in 2008 quality-measures data submission mechanisms based on clinical data registries and electronic health records.

For the 119 quality measures included in the 2008 PQRI program , the tools are now available online at www.ama-assn.org/go/toolsMedicarePQRI .

Measures

2008 PQRI MPFS Summary ( PDF )

2008 PQRI Information  - the "home page" for 2008 PQRI information

2008 PQRI Quality Measure Specifications  ( PDF )

2008 PQRI Quality Measure Specifications Release Notes  ( PDF )

AMA's Participation Tools: Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

Quality Measures for 2008 PQRI (AMA)  - includes Measure Description, Data Collection Sheet, and Coding Specifications for each measure

Measures & Codes FAQs

Educational Materials

2008 PQRI FAQs

2008 PQRI Information FAQs

2008 PQRI - National Provider Calls

2008 PQRI Module VI Power Point Presentation ( PDF )

CMS Sponsored Calls

CMS Offers PQRI Tool   ( Action , June 1, 2008)

Educational Resources FAQs

Overview FAQs

Analysis and Payment FAQs

All PQRI FAQs

PQRI Web site

Reporting

Reporting FAQs

Receive Your PQRI Incentive Using DocSite  ( Action , Dec. 1, 2008)