Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative ( PQRI ) 2008 Quality Measures

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/downloads/2008PQRIMPFSSummary.pdf ).