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(2) Hepatitis C: Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Testing Before
Initiating Treatment and Hepatitis C: HCV Genotype Testing
Prior to Therapy
(3) Oncology: Medical and Radiation - Pain Intensity
Quantified and Oncology: Medical and Radiation - Plan of
Care for Pain.
(4) Falls: Risk Assessment and Falls: Plan of Care.
Reporting instructions and detailed measure specifications
for the 2009 PQRI quality measures will be available by no
later than December 31, 2008 on the PQRI section of the CMS
Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/pqri.
Based on our review of these comments, the final set
of 153 quality measures selected for the 2009 PQRI are
listed in Tables 15 through 18. These measures can be
categorized as follows: (1) measures selected from the
2008 PQRI quality measures set; (2) additional NQF-endorsed
measures; (3) additional AQA-adopted measures; and (4)
additional measures that had not received NQF endorsement
or AQA adoption at the time the proposed rule was published
but whose selection was contingent upon whether they
received NQF endorsement or AQA adoption by August 31,
2008.
No changes (that is, additions or deletions of
measures) will be made after publication of this final rule
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