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CMS-1403-FC
c. Plans for Publicly Reporting Information Derived from
PQRI
To support the delivery of high-quality, efficient
health care and enable consumers and providers to make more
informed health care decisions, CMS plans to launch a
Physician and Other Health Care Professional Compare Web
site that will enhance the information found on the current
Physician and Other Health Care Professionals Directory at
http://www.medicare.gov/Physician/Home.asp?bhcp=1. CMS
anticipates that the addition of a Physician and Other
Health Care Professional Compare Web site to the compare
family of web sites will complement the quality information
CMS already makes available for hospitals, dialysis
facilities, nursing homes, and home health facilities.
Similar to the other compare web sites, Physician and Other
Health Care Professional Compare will include information
about the quality of care and value for services provided
by physicians to Medicare beneficiaries.
As a first step, we plan to use information from the
PQRI program to populate a Physician and Other Health Care
Professional Compare Web site.
Based on the public comments received and the
requirements under section 1848(m)(5)(G) of the Act, we
will report publicly the names of eligible professionals
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