When Did Pqrs Begin

The 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act established the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), to enable eligible professionals to report health care quality and health outcome information that cannot be obtained from standard Medicare claims.

Why did Medicare establish the Pqrs physician quality reporting?

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) was a reporting program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). It gave eligible professionals (EPs) the opportunity to assess the quality of care they were providing to their patients, helping to ensure that patients get the right care at the right time.

When did Pqrs end?

The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), Medicare’s quality reporting program, ended Dec. 31, 2016.