The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project is a group of leading employer, consumer, and labor organizations working toward a common goal to ensure that all Americans have access to publicly reported health care performance information. Our shared vision is that with this information, Americans will be better able to select hospitals, physicians, and treatments based on nationally standardized measures for clinical quality, consumer experience, equity, and efficiency.

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September 9, 2009
Comments on CMS' Proposed Changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and PQRI Program
In response to CMS' proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule and PQRI program, 23 consumer, labor, and purchaser organizations affirmed their support for comments that reflected concerns that CMS. proposed payment changes to the PFS for 2010 are not deep or wide enough to promote the transformation of the health care system into one that incents high-quality, high-value and patient-centered care. While many changes do require Congressional action, we specifically encourage CMS to rapidly pursue an agenda where the following are top priorities:

* Adopting payment systems that encourage physicians and other providers to work together to improve care
* Making payment decisions based on the perspective of consumers and purchasers, rather than sole reliance on resource costs
* Shifting payments to reward performance instead of volume of care and reporting on care quality
* Ensuring comprehensive collection and reporting of physician performance data, which is critical to helping payers reward physicians for quality and value of care, and providing consumers with information they need to make better decisions about their care
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Comments on CMS' Proposed Changes to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rules
In response to CMS' proposed changes to the OPPS rule for CY 2010, 17 consumer, labor, and purchaser organizations have affirmed their support for comments submitted by the Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project regarding the direction that they would like to see the Hospital Outpatient Program Quality Data Reporting Program take.
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