CMS Announces Updates to the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Web Page

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce a new E-Prescribing Incentive Program section page on the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) webpage on the CMS website. This new section page will provide information about the new E-Prescribing incentive program that was authorized by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA).

Included on this page in the Downloads section is an “Introduction to E-Prescribing Incentive Program” Fact Sheet that describes the MIPPA provisions for the E-Prescribing incentive program. Additional information about the E-Prescribing incentive program and how to qualify for the E-Prescribing incentive for the 2009 reporting year will be posted in early November.