This article was published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. It is an interesting take on the importance of the Medicare data to understand physician performance from and quality and cost standpoint.It also describes a law suit from years ago by the AMA to block the release of physician specific data. The AMA won this suit and this has shaped CMS policy on data ever since. With the country focused on trying to reduce healthcare costs understanding physician cost performance has become much more important. Although the Medicare claims data is not perfect it can be used to begin to understand resource utilization and when combined with quality data it can shed light on value delivery in healthcare.
To read the article, click here - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704696304575538112856615900.html
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