The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host the second in a series of National Provider Calls on the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new program changes under the PQRI program that make it easier than ever for health care providers to participate.

New PQRI law now allows CMS to offer:

• New reporting approaches that give you more options to successfully participate;
• New, alternate reporting period to allow you to begin reporting as late as July 1, 2008, and still receive an incentive payment (1.5% of allowable charges for services provided from July 1 through December 31, 2008); and
• New option to submit quality measures data to CMS through a qualified, established clinical data registry, in which you may already be participating.

Also, for the 2008 reporting period, the new law removed the limit (cap) on your incentive (which was based on the actual volume quality measures data you reported). (In the 2007 reporting period, this cap may have reduced a successful participant’s incentive below 1.5 %.) The call will center on the new authority which includes alternative reporting criteria and alternative reporting periods.

This toll-free question and answer teleconference will provide eligible professionals the opportunity to ask questions of CMS subject matter experts.

Moderator Information
Moderators: Robin Fritter and Geanelle Griffith
Organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service

Presenter Information
Speakers: Michael T. Rapp, Daniel Green, Rachel Nelson
Title: MD (Rapp), MD (Green), MHA (Nelson)
Organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Office of Clincal Standards and Quality