November 15, 2007
2008 PQRI Provisions Announced in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule, effective for services on or after January 1, 2008, is on display in the Federal Register and will be published on November 27, 2007. The rule identifies 119 measures CMS has selected for eligible professionals to use to report quality-of-care information under the 2008 PQRI.
The rule can be found at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/physicians.asp. The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) provisions begin on page 653. A summary of these provisions is available at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/35_2008PQRIInformation.asp, in the 2008 PQRI Information section of the PQRI web page. Click on the "PQRI Provisions of the 2008 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule" file in the Downloads section to view the summary.
