PQRI: Expect More Feedback From CMS Next Year

Article Overview

This piece explains recent CMS guidance on the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and outlines what practices and physicians should watch for in coming reporting cycles. It discusses bonus payment timing, the status of reporting feedback, possible expansion of measures for a later year, and broader reporting channels such as electronic records and registry-based submission. The article is relevant to practices tracking Medicare quality reporting requirements and to coding and compliance staff monitoring CMS program changes.