Saturday, March 24, 2007

Register Now for the Medicare 2007 Bonus

Doctors if you haven't heard about this already now is the time to register for the first conference call on how to identify if you will be eligible for the 1.5% bonus payment of all charges posted during July 1st - December 31, 2007.

Eligbile Professionals are:
Under PQRI, covered professional services are those paid based on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. To the extent eligible professionals are providing services which get paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, those services are eligible for PQRI.
TRHCA section 101 defines "eligible professional" as the following:
Medicare physician, as defined in Social Security Act (SSA) section 1861(r)
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Osteopathy
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Doctor of Optometry
Doctor of Oral Surgery
Doctor of Dental Medicine
Chiropractor
Practitioners described in SSA section 1842(b)(18)(C)
Physician Assistant
Nurse Practitioner
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Certified Nurse Midwife
Clinical Social Worker
Clinical Psychologist
Registered Dietician
Nutrition Professional
Therapists
Physical Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Qualified Speech-Language Therapist
Eligible professionals who plan to participate in 2007 PQRI should familiarize themselves and their office staff with the PQRI measures that appear to apply to their patients. See Measures/Codes page to access the measures list.

conference Call Details are:
Date: Tuesday, March 27th 2007
Conference Title: 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Time: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST

To learn more please visit:
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI/Downloads/PQRIProviderCall.pdf

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