The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a Town Hall meeting on the Physician Compare Web site. Section 10331 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires CMS to establish a Physician Compare Web site containing information on physicians enrolled in Medicare and other eligible professionals who participate in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative by January 1, 2011.
The purpose of this Town Hall meeting is to solicit input from stakeholders to assist CMS in further development of the Web site in 2011 and future years.
Town Hall Meeting Details:
Time: 1:00 - 5:00pm EST
Place: in the main auditorium of the Central Building of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244-1850
Interested parties are invited to participate, either onsite at CMS headquarters in Baltimore, Md., or via teleconference. The meeting is open to the public; however attendance is limited to space and teleconference lines available.
Anyone interested in attending the meeting or participating by teleconference must register by completing the online registration at http://www.usqualitymeasures.org/qm/ on the internet. Registration for this event began Monday, September 27, 2010. In order to participate in the meeting, registration must be completed no later than 5 pm (EST) on Wednesday, October 13, 2010.
If you are unable to participate in the Town Hall meeting, CMS will post the audio file and/or transcript at http://www.cms.gov/center/physician.asp on the CMS website.
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