A novel approach to attribute responsible physicians using inpatient claims

CONCLUSIONS: We provide a robust method to attribute physicians to patients, which is a necessary tool to understand physician-level variation in quality of care within the inpatient acute care setting. The proposed method provides consistency across facilities and eliminates unattributed patients resulting from unsatisfied business rules.PMID:35852889 | DOI:10.37765/ajmc.2022.89185

Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - July 19, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael Korvink German Molina John Martin Henry Sullivant Laura H Gunn Source Type: research