AOTA Selects Representatives for AMA Body Responsible for Quality Measure Development
Update: AOTA has selected voting members with the right to cast a vote with AMA-PCPI. AMA accepted AOTA’s nominees—the primary representative is Trudy Mallinson and the alternate representative is Wendy Coster.
After nearly 2 years of advocacy with the American Medical Association’s Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement (AMA-PCPI), AOTA and other health care professional organizations now have the opportunity to vote on specific final draft quality measures. Previously as a non-voting member, AOTA had been able to participate in measure development workgroups, propose topics for measure development relevant to occupational therapy, and review and comment on all measures, but only physicians had the right to vote on measures. AOTA’s right to cast a vote through a representative at AMA-PCPI meetings will enhance AOTA’s influence in measure development and provide a critical voice in future thinking about what qualifies as quality health care.
Read the AMA-PCPI invitation letter to AOTA.
For an overview of AOTA’s work on quality measure development, read the OT Practice Capital Briefing column, “Medicare Links Quality to Payment.”
To learn more about AMA-PCPI, visit their Web site.