Special Open Door Forum on Registry-Based Reporting for the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI)

May 2, 2007 –The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Special Open Door Forum on the use of registries for reporting data on quality measures to the PQRI.

This Special Open Door Forum will take place from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., EDT, on Monday, May 14, 2007, in the CMS auditorium, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD. A toll-free number will be available for those who will participate by telephone.

This Special Open Door Forum will build on the broad overview of the 2007 PQRI program presented on two recent national provider conference calls by giving providers and organizations that use or produce registries and other members of the public the opportunity to discuss the potential use of registries for reporting data on quality measures to PQRI. Participants must register by May 9.