CMS Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
Program Overview
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is a voluntary reporting program that provides an incentive payment to physicians and other eligible professionals who satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered professional services. PQRI was first implemented in 2007. The information found using the links below is intended to assist radiologists in learning about and participating in the PQRI program.
2010 PQRI
Incentive payments have been authorized for PQRI through 2010. Participants who satisfactorily report quality-measures data for services furnished during a 2010 PQRI reporting period are eligible to earn an incentive payment of 2.0 percent of their total allowed charges under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) in 2010. There are two reporting periods in 2010 – January 1 – December 31 and July 1 – December 31. Physicians may participate in either or both periods. The 2010 PQRI consists of 179 individual quality measures and 13 measures groups. Please see links below for more information.