CMS Seeks Clinical Data Registries for Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it is seeking self-nominations from clinical data registries interested in becoming part of the submission process for the 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI).  CMS has posted the selection criteria and process on the CMS website and is accepting self-nominations from registries through May 31, 2008.

The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 authorizes CMS to establish alternative reporting criteria and alternative reporting periods for the reporting of measures groups and for the submission of data on PQRI quality measures through clinical data registries.  CMS has posted a document on the CMS website establishing the new alternative reporting criteria and periods.