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As a part of the Affordable Care Act, CMS must develop a Physician Compare
Internet website with demographic and performance information on physicians
enrolled in the Medicare program. The AMCNO commented to CMS that as we have
been working on legislation in Ohio to address the issue of physician ranking by
insurance companies we have stressed the importance to provide patients with
accurate information when selecting a physician. We believe that the crux of the
issue is to balance the rights of physicians to have accurate and relevant
reporting of their practice with the desire of consumers to have access to
information about their treating physician. We strongly urged CMS to assure that
the physician information provided to the public on the website is based on
quality data versus cost and claims data, and that the data is accurate. The
AMCNO also urged CMS to provide physicians with the ability to appeal their data
prior to posting any information on the website. The AMCNO further offered to
work with CMS to ensure that public reporting of performance information is
accurate, relevant and useful to patients.
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