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The educational resources listed on this web page are designed to increase national awareness of the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). Eligible professionals (EPs) are encouraged to contact their professional organizations for additional information and tools that will facilitate participation in the PQRI. CMS educational resources include: - MLN Matters Articles
- PQRI Educational Products
- PQRI National Provider Call PowerPoint Presentations
PQRI educational resources for 2009 are described below and are available in the "Downloads" and "Related Links Inside CMS" sections at the bottom of this web page. 2009 PQRI Web-based Training Course The 2009 PQRI web-based training (WBT) course provides information to eligible professionals and medical administrative staff on the completion, submission and maintenance of the documentation required to satisfactorily participate in the PQRI. The course offers continuing education credits. The course can be accessed through the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. Once on the MLN page of the CMS website, scroll down to the "Related Links Inside CMS" section and select "Web Based Training (WBT) Modules." Once on the web-based training module page, select the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program WBT from the list provided. PQRI MLN Matters Articles MLN Matters Article SE0922 - Alternative Process for Individual Eligible Professionals to Access Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Feedback Reports. This MLN Matters Article provides a high level overview of the new process by which individual eligible professionals may request their PQRI feedback reports, and provides information on the appropriate resources for assistance with this process. The article is available under the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. MLN Matters Article MM6514 – Coding and Reporting Principles for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and the Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Incentive Program. This MLN Matters Article provides a high level overview of the coding and reporting principles for the claims-based reporting of quality measures data for the 2009 PQRI, and for the claims-based reporting of the E-Prescribing measure for the 2009 E-Prescribing Incentive Program. The article is available under the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. MLN Matters Article MM6394 - Program Overview: 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) And The 2009 Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Incentive Program. This MLN Matters Article provides a high level overview of the 2009 PQRI and is available under the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. Revised! MLN Matters Article SE0830 - Steps for Eligible Professionals to Access Their Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Feedback Reports. This MLN Matters Article was revised on September 14, 2009. The updated version is available under the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. Revised! MLN Matters Article SE0831 - Steps for IACS Defined "Organizations" to Access Their Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Feedback Reports. This MLN Matters Article was revised on September 14, 2009. The updated version is available under the "Related Links Inside CMS" section below. PQRI Educational Products A variety of educational resources are available to assist EPs with PQRI reporting: The following educational products are available to assist EPs with 2009 PQRI reporting and are available in the "Downloads" section below: • 2009 PQRI Tip Sheet: Satisfactorily Reporting 2009 PQRI Measures. This Tip Sheet provides information on how to get started with PQRI reporting as well as tips to assist professionals and their staff with reporting 2009 PQRI measures data accurately. • 2009 PQRI Fact Sheet: What's New for the 2009 PQRI. This Fact Sheet provides an overview of the 2009 PQRI and highlights the changes from the 2008 PQRI. • 2009 PQRI Tip Sheet: PQRI Made Simple – Reporting the Preventive Care Measures Group. This Tip Sheet provides quick, easy to understand, instructions on how to satisfactorily participate in the 2009 PQRI for those who wish to report quality data using claims for the Preventive Care Measures Group. • 2009 PQRI Patient-Level Measures List. Many PQRI measures require only one-time reporting per patient per reporting period per EP. This document provides a list of the subset of the 2009 measures for which the reporting frequency is a minimum of once per patient per reporting period per each individual EP (that is, per NPI). PQRI Portal User Guide. A PQRI Portal User Guide, designed to help eligible professionals and their authorized users to access PQRI feedback reports, is now available. To access this guide click on the "PQRI Portal User Guide" in the "Related Links Outside CMS" section below. PQRI PowerPoint Presentations Presentation materials from PQRI National Provider Calls are available by clicking on the "CMS Sponsored Calls" link at left.
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