[NASW Alaska Chapter Listserve] FW: Announcement of Special ODF on PQRI -- May 14, 2007

[Margaret F. Lumpkin]

Special Open Door Forum on Registry-based Reporting for the Physician
Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)  

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Special Open
Door Forum on the use of registries for reporting data on quality measures
to the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).  

This Special Open Door Forum will take place from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.,
EDT, on Monday, May 14, 2007 in the CMS auditorium, 7500 Security Blvd.,
Baltimore, MD.  A toll-free number will be available for those who will
participate by telephone. 

Division B, Title 1-Medicare Improved Quality and Provider Payments, Section
101 (b) of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act (TRHCA) of 2006, states that
"As part of the publication of proposed and final quality measures for
2008..., the Secretary shall address a mechanism whereby an eligible
professional may provide data on quality measures through an appropriate
medical registry (such as the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National
Database), as identified by the Secretary."  This Special Open Door Forum
will build on the broad overview of the 2007 PQRI program presented on two
recent national provider conference calls by giving providers and
organizations that use or produce registries and other members of the public
the opportunity to discuss the potential use of registries for reporting
data on quality measures to PQRI.

For the most up to date information on PQRI, please visit HYPERLINK
"http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI"www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI. 

To participate in the Special Open Door Forum in person or by phone, you
will need to register on this web site: HYPERLINK
"http://registration.intercall.com/go/cms2"http://registration.intercall.com
/go/cms2 

Registration will close at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday May 9, 2007. Please be
sure to register prior to this time.

For those who will be unable to attend, the Special Open Door Forum will be
recorded.  A replay option will be available beginning the close of business
May 18, 2007 and will be accessible for 3 days.  You may visit the following
website http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/hospital.asp to download an audio
recording. 

If you have questions or require special accommodations, please contact
Diane Stern at diane.stern at cms.hhs.gov at (410) 786-1133. 

 

Toni Lysen 
External Affairs 
Office of the Regional Administrator 
CMS Region 10 
2201 6th Avenue 
Seattle, WA 98121 
206.615.3802-phone 
206.615.2472-fax 
toniHYPERLINK "mailto:antonette.lysen at cms.hhs.gov".lysen at cms.hhs.gov 
  
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) of
2003 expanded the number of preventive services and screenings covered by
Medicare. For information on these newly covered  services, please visit
HYPERLINK
"http://www.medicare.gov/Health/Overview.asp"http://www.medicare.gov/Health/
Overview.asp. 

 

 

 


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