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ACO Provider Performance Analysis

Physicians want fewer quality measures, but more might be better if it motivates core process improvement rather than “studying for the test”

A JAMA study reports that PCPs are contractually held accountable for 57 unique quality metrics and asserts that is “oversaturation.” I have disagreed with the premise that we need fewer measures. On the contrary, I believe that we actually need a lot more measures to finally convince health care provider organizations to stop trying to “study for the test” and to actually learn the subject and improve the core processes that drive health care quality.

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