Quality

• HHS Extends Meaningful Use Deadline
• AAOS Comments on Coordination Strategy for Healthcare-Acquired Conditions and Readmissions Across Public and Private Payers
• AAOS Submits Comments in Response to CMS Proposed Regulations on the Public Sharing of Physician Performance Measurement Data
• E-Prescribing Deadline and Information
• Letter to House Leadership Expressing Support of Physician-owned Hospitals
• Summary of Proposed CMS Rule Regarding ACOs
• ACOs In-depth Information
• Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Primer
  (in PDF format)
• How Physician Quality Measures are Created
  (in PDF format)
• The Q&A on P4P
  (in PDF format)
• Common used definitions
  (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