FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 4, 2008

Contact:
Karen Bond
Cedaron Medical, Inc.
P.O. Box 2100
Davis, CA 95617
530.758.7007

Cedaron Chosen as Qualified Registry for PQRI Reporting

DAVIS, CA – Cedaron, Inc. has been chosen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as one of thirty-two qualified registries for 2008 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) Reporting.  By receiving this honor, Cedaron is qualified to submit quality data to CMS on behalf of their eligible professionals for 2008 PQRI reporting. 

“We are honored to be chosen as a qualified registry to PQRI Reporting,” said Cedaron’s President and CEO, Karen Bond.  “This will allow Cedaron the opportunity to continue to provide the highest level of service to its current and future clients.  Through Cedaron’s recent participation in the 2008 PQRI Pilot Testing Project and now its selection as a qualified PQRI registry, Cedaron is quickly becoming a more common name at CMS.”

The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 authorized CMS to make PQRI incentive payments for satisfactorily reporting quality measures data.  For 2008, eligible professionals who meet the criteria for satisfactory submission of quality measures data for services furnished during the reporting period, January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008, will earn an incentive payment of 1.5 percent of their total allowed charges for Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) covered professional services furnished during that same period.

Eligible professionals who have questions about PQRI reporting or who wish to participate in PQRI using Cedaron should call Cedaron at 800.424.1007.