Consumers, Health Care Purchasers, Physicians, and Health Insurers Announce Agreement on Principles to Guide Physician Performance...(Because family physicians and other prim...),Health

"The American Medical Association applauds efforts by the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project to raise the bar on the reliability and validity of information that health insurers provide to patients," said Nancy Nielsen, MD, President-Elect of the American Medical Association.

"Employees look to their employers to choose the best health care options on their behalf, but employers don't often have much more information about the quality of the physicians in the plan than the members themselves," said Andrew Webber, president and CEO of the National Business Coalition on Health, which includes 60 employer-based health coalitions representing over 7,000 employers and 34 million covered lives. "The Patient Charter offers consumers and purchasers confidence that plans are developing reports and physician tiering appropriately, and their doctors really are providing better, safer care. We will urge employers to include the Patient Charter in the criteria they seek when they contract with health plans."

The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project is an initiative that is improving health care quality and affordability by advancing public reporting of provider performance information so it can be used for improvement, consumer choice, and as part of payment reform. The Project is a collaboration of leading national and local employer, consumer, and labor organizations whose shared vision is for Americans to be able to select hospitals, physicians, and treatments based on nationally standardized measures for clinical quality, consumer experience, equity, and efficiency. The Project is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation along with support from participating organizations. For more information visit our websit
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