Practice Resources
This section includes information from the non medical aspects of emergency practice including billing, management, recruiting, liability insurance, contracting, group governance, quality improvement, work environment and workforce issues.
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Program Updatesfrom the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Suggestions for Potential 2011 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Quality Measures and/or Measures Groups
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is now accepting quality measure suggestions for consideration for possible inclusion in the proposed set of quality measures for use in the 2011 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). Interested parties have an additional opportunity to submit measure suggestions for the 2011 PQRI program beyond the request for 2011 measure suggestions included in the Calendar Year (CY) 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule published in the Federal Register (74 FR 33587) on July 13, 2009. Interested parties who have already submitted measure suggestions in response to the request for 2011 PQRI measures included in the CY 2010 PFS proposed rule do not need to re-submit their measure suggestions.
To learn more about the 2011 PQRI Call for Measures, visit the CMS Quality Measures Management Information System (QMIS) website at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/QMIS/CallforMeasures.asp on the CMS website.All suggestions must be received by CMS no later than 5:00 p.m. EST December 16, 2009.
Please note: Suggesting individual measures or measures for a new or existing measures group does not guarantee that the measure(s) will be included in the proposed or final sets of measures of any proposed or final rules that address the 2011 PQRI. CMS will determine what individual measures and measures group(s) to include in the proposed set of quality measures, and after a period of public comment, the agency will make the final determination with regard to the final set of quality measures for the 2011 PQRI.
New York State Department of Health memo:
