tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 18

SPECIAL PQRI CRASH COURSE: Learn The PQRI Ropes Now--Or Get Tied Knots

Start reporting quality indicators, whether or not your doctor met themIt's crunch time: If you don't start reporting quality indicators on July 1, then you can probably kiss Medicare's 1.5-percent bonus goodbye.How it works: You don't have to register for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), experts say. Instead, you just have to start reporting special category II codes on your claims. The category II codes should be on the same claim as the visit they apply to. For example: Let's say your practice sees a lot of patients with community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), and therefore decides...

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