December 21, 2009
2011 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative Listening Session
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a Listening Session on the 2011 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). The purpose of this listening session is to discuss and solicit feedback on the individual quality measures and measures groups being considered for possible inclusion in the proposed set of quality measures for use in the 2011 PQRI program and key components of the design of the PQRI program, such as possible reporting mechanisms, reporting periods, criteria for satisfactory reporting, the group practice reporting option, and public reporting of 2011 PQRI data.
Measure developers, eligible professionals, professional associations and other interested parties are invited to participate either onsite at CMS' headquarters in Baltimore, MD., or via teleconference. The listening session will include several speakers as well as interactive question and answer sessions. The meeting is open to the public, but attendance is limited to space and teleconference lines available.
A summary of the measures and measures groups and other background materials for the listening session will be posted on the PQRI section at www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI on the CMS website in the coming weeks.
The listening session will be held on February 2, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST) in the main auditorium of the Central Building of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, located at 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244–1850.
Anyone interested in attending the meeting or participating by teleconference must register by completing the online registration at http://www.usqualitymeasures.org on the internet. Registration for this event opens on Monday, December 21. In order to participate in the meeting, registration must be completed no later than 5 pm EST on January 22, 2010.
For more information, please see the Federal Register meeting notice posted at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-30122.pdf on the internet.
