To facilitate the reporting of claims-based PQRI measures, the American Medical Association has developed worksheet tools based on the 2010 PQRI requirements for individual and group measures.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week published a proposed rule defining "meaningful use" of electronic health records, while the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued an interim final rule that sets standards, specifications and certification criteria for EHR technology.

CMS recently released a list of registries that have become “qualified” to submit quality data to CMS on behalf of their eligible professionals for 2010 PQRI reporting.

As part of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized provisions affecting the 2010 E-Prescribing Incentive Program. Practitioners who successfully participate in the e-prescribing program will earn a bonus of 2 percent of their 2010 applicable Medicare allowed charges.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule. Despite advocacy efforts by SCAI and the House of Cardiology, the final rule reflects significant reductions in payments for cardiology services.