HCPro’s Latest Webcast: “CMS’ Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: Strategies For Success”

April 21, 2007 – 11:51 am | posted in Medicare, Public Health

HCPro, Inc., a leading provider of resources for healthcare professionals, announces the launch of an exclusive strategic Webcast with CMS and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on one of CMS’ latest programs - the physician quality reporting initiative (PQRI). The program, titled “CMS’ Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: Strategies for Success” takes place Wednesday, May 22, at noon Eastern.

Headlined by CMS’ Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD, and AAFP Medical Director for Quality Improvement Bruce Bagley, MD, the 90-minute Webcast will discuss PQRIs components, give participants key strategies how to be successful, and offer a full 30 minutes to ask pertinent questions of the expert speaker panel.

PQRI presents an opportunity for medical groups and the hospitals that bill for them. Designed to improve the quality of documentation physicians use to report data on administrative claims, the program allows physicians to earn a payment incentive for taking extra steps to report good clinical data in their claims.

PQRI includes a payment component - up to a 1.5% bonus. It’s also a lead-in for a much larger initiative: pay-for-performance programs are sure to appear in the future, especially in the commercial market.

For more information or to register for this Webcast, visit
http://www.hcmarketplace.com/prod-5296-EHHWEW57521B.html or call HCPro’s Customer Service Department at 800/650-6787.

About HCPro

HCPro, Inc. is the premier publisher of information and training resources for the healthcare community, including newsletters, books, audioconferences, training handbooks, videos, online learning courses, and professional consulting seminars for specialists in healthcare marketing and executive leadership, health information management, compliance, finance, accreditation, quality and patient safety, nursing, pharmaceuticals, medical staff, credentialing, long-term care, physician practice, infection control, and safety. Visit the Healthcare Marketplace at http://www.hcmarketplace.com for product information or to sign up for one or more of dozens of free online e-zines. HCPro is headquartered in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

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