physician quality reporting system (PQRS)

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Introduction

The 2006 tax relief & health care act required establishment of a physician quality reporting system. Incentive payment for eligible physicians who report data on quality measures for Medicare-covered services included.

* Eliminated & replaced with the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)

Additional terms

References

  1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16 American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
  2. http://www.cms.gov/pqri