Medicare Pay-for-Reporting Bonus Program Online Learning
Starting July 1, 2007, medical practices will be
eligible for a 1.5 percent bonus under the Tax Relief and Health Care
Act of 2006. This act authorized the creation of the Physician
Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), an initiative that will pay
physician practices a capped bonus for reporting validated quality
measures during the last half of 2007. Want to know more?
Then mark your calendar and plan to join The Academy of
Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio (AMCNO) and Palmetto GBA as we
co-sponsor a Webinar on the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
This one-hour session is FREE to all participants.
What: Physician Quality Reporting
Initiative (PQRI) Webinar
When: April 11, 2007, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Featured Speaker: Susan Nedza, MD, MBA, FACEP, CMS
Special Program Office
Agenda
Who is eligible to participate in PQRI?
What quality measures are included in the program?
How will quality measures be reported on Medicare claims?
Are health care professionals required to report quality measures on
all Medicare claims?
How and when will PQRI bonuses be calculated and paid?
What does the future hold for PQRI in terms of appeals, feedback
reports, and changes anticipated for PQRI in 2008?
What resources are available to learn more?
If you're not already registered for Online Learning,
please go to the
Online Learning Center and click on Click Here to Register a New
User.
If you're already registered for Online Learning, go to
the
Online Learning Center to sign up for this CBT.
Enter your username and password
Click Enter
Click Catalog at the top of the page
In the Search field, type “PQRI"
Click Search
After the course appears, check the box to the left of the course
name
Click the Add to My Learning box in the top right
Click My Learning in the top left
Click Start to begin on the day of the event.
What to do on the day of the call (April 11, 2007):
Step 1: access the audio portion of the call by dialing
800-566-2245, pass code 367619. An operator will assist you in accessing
the call. Please dial in 10-15 minutes before the start of the call.
Step 2: from your computer, log into the Web portion of
the seminar using the above links. You’ll be able to view all of the
materials once you log in.
Troubleshooting: if you have questions about
how to access the Web portion of the seminar, please call us no
later than 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the Webinar. Our Customer
Service Representatives will be happy to walk you through the
process. We strongly encourage you to do the “system check” in
advance to ensure that you’ll be able to join us for the Webinar.
If you are unable to access the Web portion of this
session, you may download the slides that will be used during this
session by visiting the CMS PQRI Web page:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri.
Questions on the program content? Contact: Elayne
Biddlestone, AMCNO Executive Vice President/CEO at
ebiddlestone@amcnoma.org
or Jennifer Jolley, at Palmetto GBA at
Jennifer.Jolley@PalmettoGBA.com
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