Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)
On December 20, 2006 the President signed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA). Section 101 under Title I authorizes the establishment of a physician quality reporting system by CMS. CMS has titled the statutory program the 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).
PQRI establishes a financial incentive for eligible professionals to participate in a voluntary quality reporting program. Eligible professionals who successfully report a designated set of quality measures on claims for dates of service from July 1 to December 31, 2007, may earn a bonus payment, subject to a cap, of 1.5% of total allowed charges for covered Medicare physician fee schedule services. This newly established webpage will be updated regularly, so check it often for timely and reliable information from CMS.
For more information on the 2007 and 2008 PQRI, visit http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri 
on the CMS website.
The PQRI Intervention Toolkit may also be downloaded from the CMS website.