2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative National Provider Call to be Held on June 17, 2009!
2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative National Provider Call with Question & Answer Session
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Provider Communications Group will host a national provider conference call on the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). This toll-free call will take place from 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., EDT, on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) made the PQRI program permanent, but only authorized incentive payments through 2010. Eligible professionals who meet the criteria for satisfactory submission of quality measures data for services furnished during the reporting period, January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009, will earn an incentive payment of 2.0 percent of their total allowed charges for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional services furnished during that same period. The 2009 PQRI consists of 153 quality measures and 7 measures groups.
The topics covered on this national provider call will include:
- How to access the PQRI help desk;
- Review of the incentive payments and feedback reports timeline; and
- An update on the upcoming decisions registries for 2009.
Following this presentation, the lines will be opened to allow participants to ask questions of CMS PQRI subject matter experts.
Educational products are available on the PQRI dedicated Web page located at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage 
on the CMS Website, in the Educational Resources section. Feel free to download the resources prior to the call so that you may ask questions of the CMS presenters.
Conference call details:
Date: June 17, 2009
Conference Title: 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative-National Provider Call
Time: 2:30 p.m. EDT
In order to receive the call-in information, you must register for the call. It is important to note that if you are planning to sit in with a group, only one person needs to register to receive the call-in data. This registration is solely to reserve a phone line, NOT to allow participation. If you cannot attend the call, replay information is available below.
Registration will close at 2:30 p.m. EDT on June 16, 2009, or when available space has been filled. No exceptions will be made, so please be sure to register prior to this time.
- To register for the call participants need to go to http://www2.eventsvc.com/palmettogba/061709
- Fill in all required data.
- Verify your time zone is displayed correctly in the drop-down box.
- Click "Register."
- You will be taken to the "Thank you for registering" page and will receive a confirmation e-mail shortly thereafter. Note: Please print and save this page, in the event that your server blocks the confirmation e-mails. If you do not receive the confirmation e-mail, please check your spam/junk mail filter, as it may have been directed there.
For those of you who will be unable to attend, a transcript of the call will be available at least one week after the call at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage on the CMS Website.
If you require services for the hearing impaired, please send an e-mail to Medicare.TTT@PalmettoGBA.com.
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