Medicare Part B

Announcing the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Webpage  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) webpage is now available.

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 December 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.

This newly established webpage will be updated regularly, so check it often for timely and reliable information from CMS.

For more information on 2007 PQRI, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri/ on the CMS website or the PQRI link located on the Medicare Part B homepage.