The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), first implemented in 2007, is a voluntary program that provides incentives for reporting data on certain quality measures for services provided under Medicare Part B. For additional information visit the CMS website. Important changes to physician quality reporting and e-prescribing incentives are being proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.The changes ahead add reporting measures and a way for reporting by group practice rather than individual physician, as well as provisions for EHR-based reporting. For e-prescribing, CMS aims to simplify the reporting measures. Read more…