What’s New with 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Incentive Programs

1. New Medicare Learning Network Education Product


2. New and Revised MLN Articles on the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative


3. Three Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Help Desk Resources Now Available for Eligible Professionals

Medicare Learning Network Announces Availability of the 2009 PQRI and E-Prescribing Program Web-based Training Course

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Learning Network (MLN) is pleased to announce that the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program (E-Prescribing) Web-based Training Course is now available.

The course provides information to physicians, health care professionals, and medical administrative staff on the completion, submission and maintenance of the documentation required to successfully participate in Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and Electronic Prescription Incentive (E-Prescribing) programs. The course offers continuing education credits; please see the course description page for the details.

The course can be accessed by going to http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNGenInfo on the CMS website and scrolling down to the “Related Links Inside CMS” section and selecting 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.

Medicare Learning Network Announces New and Revised MLN Articles on the 2009 PQRI

~New-MM6514- Coding and Reporting Principles for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) and the Electronic Prescribing (E-Prescribing) Incentive Programs
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/mlnmattersarticles/downloads/MM6514.pdf

~Revised-SE0830- Steps for Individual Eligible Professionals to Access Their 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Feedback Reports Personally
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE0830.pdf

~Revised-SE0831- Steps for Organizations to Access Their 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Feedback Reports
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE0831.pdf

These new and revised articles are intended to assist eligible professionals and group practices who report PQRI quality measures data to Medicare.

Three Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Help Desk Resources are Available for Eligible Professionals

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce three PQRI Help Desk Resources to assist eligible professionals with their questions on the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.

1. Provider Call Center Directory




• Remittance Advice Notices


• Incentive payment distribution status


• Adjustments made to incentive payment due to sanctions/overpayments

For contact information, see the “Provider Center Toll-free Numbers Directory” by clicking the link under the “Related Links Inside CMS” section below and scrolling down to the “Downloads” section.



2. External User Services (EUS) – 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM EST




• Registering/creating an IACS account


• Accessing an IACS account


• Changing an IACS account


• Approving users into an organization

Phone: 1-866-484-8049
TTY: 1-866-523-4759



3. QualityNet Help Desk – 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM CST




• General CMS PQRI & ERX Information


• PQRI Portal Password Issues


• PQRI feedback report availability and access

Phone: 1-866-288-8912

All publicly available information on the CMS Physician Quality Reporting Initiative can be found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI, on the CMS website.

All publicly available information on the CMS Electronic Prescribing Incentive Program can be found at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/ERxIncentive on the CMS website.