AMA partakes in collaborative to align quality reporting in care

The American Medical Association (AMA) is participating with other physician organizations, health plans, patient groups, employers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a new initiative aimed at creating consistency and alignment of the quality measures reported by physicians and also used by both public and private payers.

As part of the first phase of this new effort, the Core Quality Measures Collaborative led by CMS and America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) today introduced the initial core quality measure sets for select areas of practice, including Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)/Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMH)/Primary Care, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, HIV/Hepatitis C, Medical Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Orthopedics.