Physician Measurement
Our Stance
The AAFP believes that transparency in health care costs and quality information to physicians, patients and employers is important, and the AAFP supports such efforts, provided that the data aggregation and analysis is consistent with AAFP policy. Read the AAFP Guiding Principles on Physician Profiling.
AAFP Advocacy Activities
- The AAFP calls on health plans to align their physician measurement and reporting activities with AAFP policy.
- The AAFP continues to press health plans for transparency, use of valid data, sharing of actionable data, reasonable periods of time for report validation and reconsideration processes, and attention to family medicine practices' capacities for additional patients.
Make Your Voice Heard
- Do you feel a payer has questioned your coding or otherwise unfairly profiled you? Download this template letter (2-page Word file; About Downloading), fill in the appropriate information, and send to the payer as a response.
AAFP Resources
- Read the AAFP Members' Guide to Physician Assessment Programs. (Members Only)
- Access the AAFP's How to Challenge Payers’ Family Physician Measurement and Reporting Programs checklist (1-page PDF file; About PDFs).(Members Only)
