More Quality Measures Now Available on Physician Compare!

2014 Quality Measures Released on Physician Compare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is committed to providing useful and current quality performance data. CMS recently released newly available data on the quality of care provided by individual health care professionals, group practices, and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These data are available onPhysician Compare. The Physician Compare website empowers consumers with information to make more informed health care decisions, encourages health care professionals to strive for higher levels of quality, and drives overall health system improvement. The 2014 data released include:  Additional performance scores on preventive care, diabetes, cardiovascular care, and patient safety by some physician group practices and ACOs. New performance scores on patients’ experiences with some physician group practices and ACOs. First set of individual health care professional performance scores on preventive care, cardiovascular care, and patient safety measures. If you have any questions about Physician Compare or the 2014 quality measure release, please contact us atPhysicianCompare@Westat.com. ______________________________________________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a series of one-hour webinars to discuss recent updates and the future of Physician Compare, including a publicly reported benchmark. Registration details will be sent at a later date. Webinars will be conducted via WebEx at the following times: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 12:00 pm ET/ 9:00 am PT Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 4:00 pm ET/ 1:00 pm PT Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 11:00 am ET/8:00 am PT All sessions will present the same information. Multiple times are offered to help best accommodate your busy schedule.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has sent this Medicare.gov- Physician Compare Update. To contact Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) go to our contact us page.