tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 23

LEGISLATION: You May Be Able To Continue Reporting On 2007's Quality Measures Into 2008

Slow down on pay for reporting/performance, senator demands.You could gain some breathing room on changes to the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) next year and avoid any pay-for-performance (P4P) plans, if a new bill becomes law.Sens. Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced The Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act, which would require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to spend a few more years on a more careful process to develop a voluntary quality-reporting program.The Cardin-Specter bill would require the Health and Human Services Secretary to report to Congress on the six-month PQRI program...

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