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By: Matthew Holt
I would be appalled by this ruling, but what happens if Consumers Checkbook sets its sites on bloggers and consultants next?
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Brian, If you have a high quality review article about physician profiling, I would be eager to read it (I have a good library backing with inst. subscriptions). To me, you seem to make an...
View ArticleBy: Sue Baker
The fact that “you cannot do simple outcome research with existent medicare data” and “you need high numbers” to do profiling based on outcomes does not excuse the AMA’s actions in fighting...
View ArticleBy: J R Gaudreault
Dr Klepper I echo the questions and underlying concerns expressed and posted by rbar on Feb 6th. If you can back-up the accuracy of your physician profiling and outcomes based on Medicare data, I would...
View ArticleBy: joe blow
OK, back to reality here. I’m all for releasing Medicare data on physicians, but that data set DOES NOT INCLUDE OUTCOMES MEASURES. It only includes billing codes. It can give you a list of how many...
View ArticleBy: Brian Klepper
Joe Blow, Sorry, but your statements are factually incorrect. There are entire industries that have been built around the credibility and reliability of this process. While billing information does not...
View ArticleBy: rbar
Dr. Klepper, I would love if you could elaborate a little more and maybe follow up on the literature you offered in your earlier post. If you are talking about constructs that sound a lot like DRGs but...
View ArticleBy: Dr Horst Herb
I don’t think enough people (including some judges) understand what disclosure of medical records implies. Medical records may contain intimate details about sexual practices (eg with animals),...
View ArticleBy: BK
I think physicians should want this data to be public. What do they have to hide?
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The term Public works environment has recently been expanded to include digital public infrastructure projects and health care.
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