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CMS-1403-FC
registry requirements by March 31, 2009. Such letters
should be sent to:
2009 PQRI Registry Nomination
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
Quality Measurement and Health Assessment Group
7500 Security Blvd
Mail Stop S3-02-01
Baltimore, MD 21244-1850.
If a qualified 2008 registry is unsuccessful at
submitting 2008 PQRI data (that is, fails to submit 2008
PQRI data per the 2008 PQRI registry requirements), the
registry will need to go through the full self-nomination
process again. By March 31, 2009, registries that are
unsuccessful submitting quality measure results and
numerator and denominator data for 2008 will need to be
able to meet the specifications listed in this final rule
with comment period and in the document on the Web site and
send a letter of self-nomination to the above address.
Registries that were not “qualified” for 2008 will need to
be able to meet the specifications listed in this final
rule with comment period and in the document on the Web
site and send a letter of self-nomination to the above
address by January 31, 2009.
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