Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) - 2009 Update
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
To participate or not in the physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI); that is the question.
The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 authorized the establishment of a physician quality reporting system which would tie a reimbursement incentive to compliance with benchmarks that are considered proxies of quality patient care. The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) has called this the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). A brief historical background about how ...
متن کاملPhysician Quality Reporting System.
A brief review of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) is presented highlighting the program's legislative history, eligibility requirements and incentive payment plan. Specifically, PQRS measures applicable to neuroradiology practice are discussed. Several steps are suggested for individual physicians or group practices to start participation in the program. Resources are also provide...
متن کاملEffect of the physician quality reporting initiative on ophthalmologists' documentation of practice patterns.
1. Weber KL. Evaluation of the adult patient (aged 40 years) with a destructive bone lesion. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2010;18(3):169-179. 2. Chen YC, Sosnoski DM, Mastro AM. Breast cancer metastasis to the bone: mechanisms of bone loss. Breast Cancer Res. 2010;12(6):215. 3. Greenberg HS, Deck MD, Vikram B, Chu FC, Posner JB. Metastasis to the base of the skull: clinical findings in 43 patients. N...
متن کاملThe Medicare Physician Quality Reporting Initiative : Perceived Costs and Return on Investment Influencing Participation Melinda
The US health care industry is widely held view that it is failing in its ability to provide, safe, high quality care for its citizens. Escalating financial costs and regional variability in the provision of care have prompted a change in tactics for public health care administered by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) to a "Value-based purchasing" strategy. The Physician Quality Reporting...
متن کاملThe Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) magnetic resonance imaging quality assurance update.
OBJECTIVE Longitudinal quantitative evaluation of cartilage disease requires reproducible measurements over time. We report 8 years of quality assurance (QA) metrics for quantitative magnetic resonance (MR) knee analyses from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) and show the impact of MR system, phantom, and acquisition protocol changes. METHOD Key 3T MR QA metrics, including signal-to-noise, ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1557-2625,1558-7118
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.090043