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that have satisfactorily submitted quality data for the
2009 PQRI. This information will be available in 2010, in
an easily understandable format, on a Physician and Other
Health Care Professional Compare Web site at
http://www.medicare.gov/Physician/Home.asp?bhcp=1.
For purposes of publicly reporting the names of
eligible professionals, on a Physician and Other Health
Care Professional Compare Web site, we will post the names
of eligible professionals who have (1) submitted data on
the 2009 PQRI quality measures through the claims-based
reporting mechanism or through registry-based reporting,
(2) met one of the satisfactory reporting criteria for the
2009 PQRI described in section II.O1.b above, and (3)
received a PQRI incentive payment for covered professional
services furnished between January 1, 2009 through December
31, 2009.
As with the other compare Web sites, CMS plans to
continue to expand the information that is available on the
Physician and Other Health Care Professional Compare Web
site in the future. CMS may publicly report physician
information that is maintained in the “Performance
Measurement and Reporting System (PMRS),” SOR number 09-70-
0584, as amended, in order to improve the quality and
efficiency of health care delivery and enable consumers to
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