Physician Quality Reporting System

The 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act required the establishment of a physician quality reporting system, including an incentive payment for eligible professionals who satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered professional services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries CMS named this program the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). The PQRI was further modified as a result of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 In 2011, the program name was changed to Physician Quality Reporting System. For each program year, CMS implements Physician Quality Reporting through an annual rulemaking process published in the Federal Register.