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AQA to launch program to measure physician performance
Ambulatory Surgery Reimbursement Update, March 7, 2006
The Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) plans to launch a pilot program in six US regions to measure physician performance in ambulatory care and, ultimately, provide a national framework for performance measurement and public reporting.
The AQA, which now includes nearly 125 member organizations, has selected the following pilot sites and organizations:
- California Cooperative Healthcare Reporting Initiative
- Indiana Health Information Exchange
- Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
- Minnesota Community Measurement
- Phoenix Regional Healthcare Value Measurement Initiative
- Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will fund the pilot. The pilot test will analyze a range of approaches to gathering and reporting data on physicians and will combine public and private information to measure and report on physician practices.
For more information about the AQA's pilot program, click here.
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