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information on how eligible professionals can qualify to be
considered a successful electronic prescriber in 2009 in
order to earn an incentive payment. Similar to the PQRI,
the e-prescribing incentive program is a voluntary
initiative. Eligible professionals may choose whether to
participate and, to the extent they meet (1) certain
thresholds with respect to the volume of covered
professional services furnished and (2) the criteria to be
considered a successful electronic prescriber described in
section II.O2. of this final rule with comment period, they
can qualify to receive an incentive payment.
Similar to claims-based reporting for the PQRI, we
estimate the burden associated with the requirements of
this new incentive program is the time and effort
associated with eligible professionals determining whether
the quality measure is applicable to them, gathering the
required information, selecting the appropriate quality
data codes, and including the appropriate quality data
codes on the claims they submit for payment. Since the e-
prescribing program consists of only 1 quality measure, we
will assign 1 hour as the amount of time needed for
eligible professionals to review the e-prescribing measure
and incorporate the use of quality data codes into the
office work flows. At an average cost of approximately $50
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