1. Our AMA will advocate that internal reporting of quality and outcomes of team-based care should be done at both the team and individual physician level.

2. Our AMA will advocate that public reporting of quality and outcomes data for team-based care should be done at the group/system/facility level, and not at the level of the individual physician.

3. Our AMA reaffirms the intent of the codified mandate in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA 2008) that public reporting of quality and outcomes data for team-based care should be done at the group/system level, and not at the level of the individual physician.

4. Our AMA will advocate that the current regulatory framework of public reporting for Meaningful Use also provide “group-level reporting” for medical groups/organized systems of care as an option in lieu of requiring MU reporting only on an individual physician basis.

Policy Timeline

Res. 734, A-14