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factored into primary and specialty care compensation at 2 percent and 1 percent, respectively, which MGMA attributed to a shift toward patient-centered care. This was the first time MGMA-ACMPE


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gathered and reported data in the com- pensation report on quality and patient satisfaction metrics. While the measures are not yet domi- nant components of physician compen- sation, “as reimbursement models con- tinue to shift, the small changes we’ve observed recently will gain momentum,” said MGMA-ACMPE President and Chief Executive Officer Susan L. Turney, MD. “It’s encouraging to see physician prac- tices invested in patient-centered care and continuing to seek ways to better incorporate quality and experience into compensation methodologies.” TMA has created a suite of clinical quality tools to help physicians prepare for value-based care systems that will start paying based on quality measures and to take advantage of financial incen- tives offered by various quality improve- ment programs. Among the tools are:


• A clinical effectiveness flowchart to help practices evaluate themselves against evidence-based guidelines;


• A personal emergency and medica- tion reconciliation record for patients;


• Calculators for evaluating return on investment in providing preventive services and in pay-for-performance programs like Medicare’s Physician Quality Reporting System and Bridg- es to Excellence; and


• A list of national quality improvement programs and clinical effectiveness metrics used in public and commer- cial payer performance programs.


The tools are free and immediately downloadable at www.texmed.org/Clini calQualityTools/. n


Amy Lynn Sorrel is an associate editor of Texas Medicine. You can reach her by telephone at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1392, or (512) 370-1392; by fax at (512) 370-1629; or by email at amy.sorrel@texmed.org.


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