ABFM's Physicians Quality Reporting System Registry
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American Board of Family Medicine's Physicians Quality Reporting System registry.
In 2006, Congress passed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act, which included provisions requiring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) to establish a quality reporting system, the Physicians Quality Reporting Initiative (now called the Physicians Quality Reporting System), for eligible health care providers that would include financial incentives for participants. This system initially us...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Family Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1544-1709,1544-1717
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1271