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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/

Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance

http://www.ambulatoryqualityalliance.org/

American Geriatrics Society
Pay for Performance Glossary

http://www.americangeriatrics.org/policy/
2006p4p_glossary.shtml

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Physician Voluntary Reporting Program

http://new.cms.hhs.gov/PVRP/
01_Overview.asp

The Leapfrog Group

http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/
pub/category/2946.html

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement

Desirable Attributes of Performance Measures

A Consensus Document from the American Medical Association, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/
category/3818.html

Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement

Principles for Performance Measurement in Health Care

A Consensus Statement from the American Medical Association, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub
/category/3818.html

Guidelines for Pay-for-Performance Programs

American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub
/category/14769.html

Principles for Pay-for-Performance Programs

American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub
/category/14769.html

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

http://www.jointcommission.org/
PerformanceMeasurement/

Joint Commission Establishes National Principles to Guide Pay-for-Performance Programs

http://www.jcaho.org/news+room/
news+release+archives/jcaho_112204.htm

MedPac Testifies to Congress on Medicare Payments to Physicians

http://www.medpac.gov

National Committee for Quality Assurance

http://www.ncqa.org/index.htm

National Quality Forum

http://www.qualityforum.org/

National Quality Measures
Clearinghouse

http://www.qualitymeasures.ahrq.gov/

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp