For 2008, the CMS is required under statute to propose the new measures in August 2007 and finalize them by Nov. 15, 2007. Next year's measures are likely to include structural measures, such as the use of electronic health records. CMS officials are also working on the possibility of allowing physicians to report using either registry-based systems or electronic records systems in 2008.
More information on the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative is available online at www.cms.hhs.gov/PQRI