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PQRI Provisions Included in Recent Medicare Legislation

Congress passed legislation which extended the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) for an additional year and provides funding for 1.5-percent bonus payments to participating physicians.
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01-02-2008

Pay-for-Performance News Stand
Title Category Date
New Measures for Medicare Pay-for-Reporting Program Pay-for-Performance 11-28-07
CMS Issues Alert for PQRI Claims Submitted Through Clearinghouses Pay-for-Performance 07-18-07
AAN Advocates for Changes to the PQRI Specifications Pay-for-Performance 06-22-07
Share Information on New Neurology PQRI Listserv Pay-for-Performance 05-25-07

Pay-for-Performance (P4P)

The AAN is committed to helping its members better understand Pay-for-Performance as it develops.

What is P4P?

  • Glossary (.pdf)
  • FAQs (.pdf)
  • AAN PowerPoint (.pdf)

Medicare Pay for Reporting Program

  • CMS Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
  • 2008 Neurology PQRI Measures and Specifications (.pdf)

2008 Tools

  • AMA Tools Measure #4 (Falls Screening)
  • AMA Tools Measure #9 (Prescribing of Antidepressants)
  • AMA Tools Measure #10 (Stroke Imaging)
  • AMA Tools Measure #11 (Stroke Imaging)
  • AMA Tools Measure #31 (DVT Prophylaxis)
  • AMA Tools Measure #32 (Antiplatelet Therapy)
  • AMA Tools Measure #33 (Anticoagulation Therapy)
  • AMA Tools Measure #34 (Consideration of t-PA)
  • AMA Tools Measure #35 (Dysphagia Screening)
  • AMA Tools Measure #36 (Consideration of Rehab)
  • AMA Tools Measure #46 (Medication Reconcilliation)
  • AMA Tools Measure #47 (Advance Care Plan)
  • AMA Tools Measure #106 (Major Depressive Disorder)
  • AMA Tools Measure #107 (MDD Suicide Assessment)
  • AMA Tools Measure #114 (Inquiry About Tobacco Use)
  • AMA Tools Measure #115 (Advising Smoking Cessation)
  • AMA Tools Measure #124 (Adoption of EHR)
  • AMA Tools Measure #125 (Adoption of e-Prescribing)
  • AMA Tools Measure #126 (Peripheral Neuropathy)
  • AMA Tools Measure #128 (Universal Weight Screening)
  • AMA Tools Measure #130 (Medication Verification)
  • AMA Tools Measure #133 (Cognitive Impairment Screening)
  • AMA Tools Measure #134 (Clinical Depression Screening)

Archive of 2007 Tools and Specifications

Educational Opportunities

  • Missed the Annual Meeting? Access live webcasts from the Practice Colloquium and Controversial Issues in Practice session

Articles

  • Get Involved in Pay-for-Performance Efforts—the AAN Needs You (AANnews, September 2007)
  • New CMS Pay-for-reporting Program: Sample Scenarios (AANnews, July 2007)
  • Prepare Your Office to Report Quality Measures Starting July 1, 2007 (AANnews, June 2007)
  • Pay-for-Performance: How Did We Get Here? (AANnews, April 2007)
  • Medicare to Offer 1.5-Percent Bonus to Physicians Reporting on Quality Measures (AANnews, March 2007)
  • The Academy Takes the Lead in Pay for Performance (Neurology Today, September 19, 2006)
  • Pay-for-Performance: Is it Quality or Cost That Matters? (Applied Neurology, April 2006)
  • Profiling and Pay-for-Performance: Is it Quality or Cost That Matters? (Applied Neurology; March 2006)
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