2011 Physician Quality Reporting System and Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Programs: Physician Quality Reporting System/E-Prescribing Success Stories

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Open Door Forum: 2011 Physician Quality Reporting System and Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Programs: Physician Quality Reporting System/E-Prescribing Success StoriesThursday, April 14, 2011 2:30-3:30 pm ET Conference Call Only
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Special Open Door Forum on the 2011 Physician Quality Reporting System (previously known as the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative or PQRI) and E-Prescribing (eRx) Incentive programs. This Special Open Door Forum will focus on:  ·         Physician Reporting and E-Prescribing Success Stories with presentations from:

·         Dr. Sobel, Physician with Crossroads Internal Medicine, Owings Mills, MD·         Dr. O’Dell, Physician with Truman Medical Centers, Kansas City, MO·         Jud Neal, President and CEO of Physician’s Business Network, Kansas City, MO
·         Their success stories will focus on the following:

·         Practice Description·         Years of Experience·         Implementation of the Physician Quality Reporting and E-Prescribing Incentive Programs·         Lessons Learned
Following the presentations, the telephone lines will be opened to allow participants to ask questions of the subject matter experts.  Reminder – be sure to use the correct 2011 Physician Quality Reporting Measure Specifications as these documents are updated from year to year·         2011 Physician Quality Reporting Measure Specifications for Claims and
          Registry Reporting of Individual Measures·         2011 Physician Quality Reporting Measures Groups Specifications·         2011 Physician Quality Reporting EHR Measure Specifications·         2011 Physician Quality Reporting GPRO I Narrative Measure Specifications.
We look forward to your participation.    Special Open Door Forum Participation Instructions:  Dial 1-800-837-1935 Conference ID 44767416.Note: TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired. For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880 and a Relay Communications Assistant will help.  An audio recording and transcript of this call will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website at http://www.cms.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp  and will be accessible for downloading beginning on or around May 13, 2011.
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