Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

Introduction

A pay for performance initiative.

Physicians & other health care providers report data about quality of care when they submit bills to Medicare Part B carriers

Bonuses of upt to 1.5% of total Medicare payment are possible

CMS in turn sends personal reports comparing their PQRI data to that of peers nationwide

In 2008, there were 118 quality measures that could be reported, some are specific to certain medical specialities.

Additional terms

• quality indicator (QI); quality measure