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information that commenters specifically requested be made
public is beyond the scope of this final rule with comment
period, which is limited to the public disclosure of PQRI
information.
Comment: A few commenters suggested that we limit
public reporting of PQRI information to the names of the
clinicians and/or group practices that satisfactorily
participated and earned an incentive payment.
Response: As stated previously, the MIPPA requires us
to list the names of eligible professionals (or group
practices) who satisfactorily submitted data on quality
measures for the PQRI on our Web site. While we agree that
information on who satisfactorily submits data on quality
measures for the PQRI is useful information to have and
plan to list only the names of physicians who
satisfactorily participated in the 2009 PQRI and earned an
incentive payment, it is our goal to eventually make
performance information public as well. We have made
information on quality of care in other care settings
publicly available and hope to eventually do the same for
physicians and other health care practitioners as part of
our broader goal to measure and make the quality of care
for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries publicly
available.
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