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2007 through 2010. In addition to the 1.5 percent
incentive payment already authorized for the 2007 and 2008
PQRI, section 1848(m)(1)(B) of the Act, as redesignated by
section 131(b)(2) of the MIPPA and amended by section
131(b)(3)(B) of the MIPPA, authorizes the Secretary, for
the 2009 and 2010 PQRI, to provide an incentive payment
equal to 2.0 percent of the estimated total allowed charges
submitted not later than 2 months after the end of the
reporting period for all covered professional services
furnished during the reporting period for 2009 and 2010,
respectively.
Section 1848(m)(3)(A) of the Act, as redesignated by
section 131(b)(3)(C) of the MIPPA and amended by section
131(b)(3)(D)(iii) of the MIPPA, specifies that for 2009 and
subsequent years, the PQRI quality measures shall not
include electronic prescribing measures. Therefore, as
discussed further in section II.O1. of this final rule with
comment period, we are not including measure #125, Health
Information Technology: Adoption/Use of Medication
e-Prescribing, in the final set of 2009 PQRI quality
measures.
Section 1848(m)(3)(C) of the Act, as added by section
131(b)(3)(D)(iv) of the MIPPA, requires that “by
January 1, 2010, the Secretary shall establish and have in
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