Currently, performance reports provided by insurers to physicians are difficult to interpret because of variance among how data is reported to physicians, according to the AMA. “Almost every public and private health insurer presents physicians with practice profile reports to support data-driven decision-making,” said AMA President Jeremy A. Lazarus, M.D. “This feedback has been ineffective since the complex reports vary from plan to plan and are difficult to read and interpret.”
The organizations supporting standardization plan to use the AMA’s “Guidelines for Reporting Physician Data,” which were developed with input from medical societies, insurers and employer and consumer coalitions.
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