Physician outcome measures do not accurately gauge ophthalmologists’ quality

Researchers found current Meriri-based Incentive Payment System and future public reporting of physician scores for outcome measures used flawed methodology, questioning its ability to differentiate between high- and low-performing ophthalmologists.
In this study, John T. Thompson, MD, assistant professor at The Wilmer Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and associate clinical professor at The University of Maryland, and colleagues examined the reliability of all 29 current Medicare Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) clinical quality outcome measures for ophthalmology by

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