Quality

• How Physician Quality Measures are Created
  (in PDF format)
• The Q&A on P4P
  (in PDF format)
• Common used definitions
  (in PDF format)
• Alliance of Specialty Medicine statement to the Practicing Physicians Advisory Committee on Pay-For-Performance
  (3/07/05) (in PDF format)
• Alliance Letter to Chairman Thomas
  June 1, 2005 (in PDF format)
• Senator Tom Coburn statement
  November 3, 2005
• Alliance letter to Chairman Thomas
  November 9, 2005 (in PDF format)
• House Ways and Means Committee Hearing on "Measuring Physician Quality and Efficiency of Care for Medicare Beneficiaries" (3/14/05)
• Herb Kuhn, Director, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Jeffery Rich, MD, Chairman, The Society for Thoracic Surgeon's Task Force on Pay for Performance
• Kenneth Kizer, MD. President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum
• Peter Lee, President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health