PQRI ( Physican Quality Reporting Initiative) in short is a program sponsored by Medicare to encourage eligible providers via financial incentive to report on various quality measures.

• Below, please find information on PQRI from Medicare. By utilizing the link you may view providers by location who participated in the PQRI program. Interestingly there were 1,156 therapists listed.

CMS Posts PQRI Reporting Information on CMS Web Site – Beginning December 19, 2008, the names of physicians and other health care professionals who reported quality information under the PQRI in 2007 will be available at http://www.medicare.gov\physician, the "Physician and Other Healthcare Professional Directory" located on the Medicare Web page at http://www.medicare.gov. This information includes all eligible professionals identified by their National Provider Identifier (NPI) who submitted at least one quality data code on their Medicare claims for services furnished during July 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007.

• The APTA will be sponsoring an audio conference on PQRI 2009. See below for more information.

PQRI in 2009: 2.0% Bonus Payment for Physical Therapy
1.5-Hour Live Audio Conference
Thursday, January 29, 2009
2:00 pm-3:30 pm (EST)

Registration closes midnight EST Friday, January 22 or as soon as all available spaces are filled!

Learn more at : http://www.apta.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Audio_Conferences1&CONTENTID=53543&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm