Quality group to form physician advisory panel

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The National Committee for Quality Assurance is forming a special advisory panel of physicians to make recommendations to the committee. The panel came about after physicians fought for a place on the NCQA board to represent physicians' concerns and viewpoints and to make the committee more physician-friendly. Although the NCQA thought that physicians would be inappropriate on the board, the organization was willing to form a panel that would represent different physician specialties, different geographic areas and the different genders.

Management, Physicians, Medical professions, National Committee for Quality Assurance

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Nine Blues plans sign on to uniform medical policies

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Nine Blue Cross plans are promoting the nationwide use of unified clinical practice and medical necessity standards. The initial set of policies will contain standards for about 200 diagnoses. The standards, which will be accessible to doctors via personal computer, will also contain clinical detail to provide decision support for physicians. Members of the nine Blue Cross plans have agreed to use the policies for the 20 mil members in their national accounts.

Standards, Blue Cross Association

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