tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 44

INDUSTRY NOTES ~ AMA Calls On Congress To Avert 5-Percent Cut Before It's Too Late

The American Medical Association (AMA) kept up its end of the bargain -- and now it's time for Congress to hold up its end, the AMA says.The AMA promised Congress it would develop 140 physician quality measures this year, working with its Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement. Instead, the AMA has come up with 151 quality measures. The Consortium includes more than 100 national and state specialty societies, as well as other organizations.Working together has allowed the specialty societies to come up with measures that are valid across different specialties that treat the same diseases and avoids...

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