tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 12

P4P: AMA Defends Quality Improvement Deal With Congress

Association didn't give away the store on P4P, it insists.Specialty associations reacted with anger when they heard the American Medical Association had signed a deal with Congress to come up with 140 standard measures of physician quality, covering 34 clinical areas.They voiced their objections in a recent New York Times article. Why, they asked, didn't the AMA consult the specialty associations? And more importantly, why did the AMA agree to set the groundwork for a pay-for-performance system without getting any assurances that Congress would pay doctors enough to make it worthwhile?The AMA has issued a response...

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