|
The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 authorized the creation of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), an initiative that pays physician practices a capped bonus for reporting validated quality measures during the last six months of 2007. In 2008, the PQRI initiative will continue, however, some of the 2007 measures have been deleted and over 70 new measures have been added. Do you 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
Date: January 23, 2008
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Featured speaker: Daniel Green, MD, CMS Special Program Office
Agenda
-
PQRI Program Overview
-
Resources for Successful Participation
-
Overview of 2008 Measures, Quality Data Codes, and Modifiers
-
Registry-based Reporting for 2008
How to Register
Registration is easy through the Palmetto GBA Workshops Web page. Go to:
-
Ohio: http://www.PalmettoGBA.com/boh/Education, select Workshops
-
West Virginia: http://www.PalmettoGBA.com/bwv/Education, select Workshops.
Log in using your existing Workshop ID and password. If you are new to the Workshops page, you will need to register as a user before attempting to sign up for this event.
What to do on the day of the call (January 23, 2008):
Step 1: access the audio portion of the call by dialing 877-440-5803. 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 user name and password information that will be sent to you via e-mail on Palmetto GBA’s Web site at
http://oltpalmettogbakc.palmettogba.centra.com/Login/index.aspxlogin.
Be sure to check to your e-mail “spam blocker” if you do not receive an e-mail from us.
You'll be able to view/print all of the materials once you log in by selecting “browsing content”.
Troubleshooting: if you have questions about how to access the Web portion of the seminar, please call us no later than 11:00 a.m. on the morning of the Webinar. We 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. Call the Provider Contact Center at 877-567-9232 and select option 3 (for Medicare education and training), then option 7.
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.
Select the link for Educational Resources, then download the “2008 PQRI- Module VI” document.
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.
|