CMS adds quality data to Physician Compare website

 Quality measures have been added to Physician Compare, a website that helps patients search for information about physicians and other healthcare professionals, CMS announced last week. Sixty-six group practices and 141 accountable care organizations (ACO) now have quality data publicly reported on Physician Compare. Data are reported at the group practice and ACO level.

Physician Compare already includes information about specialties offered by physicians and group practices; board certification; and affiliation with hospitals and other healthcare professionals. The quality measures added last week include:

• Controlling blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes.
• Prescribing aspirin to patients with diabetes and heart disease.
• Patients with diabetes who do not use tobacco.
• Prescribing medicine to improve the pumping action of the heart in patients who have both heart disease and certain other conditions.

Source: CMS