What is the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)?
The PQRI, an expansion of the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program, is the first volun-tary, national program linking reporting of performance data to physician payment. Clinicians meeting the established reporting criteria will be eligible for a bonus payment of up to 1.5 per-cent of allowed charges on all Medicare claims on services performed between July 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007.
Related Questions
- Is it accurate that in 2008 if a therapist participates in the Physician’s Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) he/she must report on a minimum of three (3) measures?Yes, that is accurate. Please remember that each of the three (3) measures must meet the 80% threshold?
- What are the financial benefits of participation in the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)?
- How is the PQRI (Physician Quality Reporting Initiative) part of this incentive to e-prescribe?
