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Groups — Oncology
Medical Oncology Code Changes ACOA’s Coding Corner – July 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) establishes a financial incentive for eligible physicians and other healthcare 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. The CMS PQRI webpage is located at: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/01_Overview.asp#TopOfPage The PQRI codes will include a combination of Level II HCPCS ‘G’ codes developed by CMS and listed on the PQRI website and Category II CPT codes available from the AMA website: http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/10616.htmlThis Coding and
Reimbursement Update was prepared by:
Cindy
C. Parman, CPC, CPC-H
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