Quality Matters is a monthly column from CMA that focuses on practical ways physicians can improve the quality of the care they provide to their patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this week unveiled the 74 performance measures that will be used in its new pay-for-performance program, the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). The program, which begins in July, establishes financial incentives – bonus payments of 1.5 percent of total allowed charges for covered Medicare physician services – for physicians who participate in this voluntary program. Initially, performance targets, or actual “pay for performance,” will not be part of the formula.
Use the following links for more information on the 2007 performance measures.
