Year: 2014
Resolution Number: 1
Action Taken: Withdrawn
Status:
Author(s): Robert M. Doane, MD
Sponsor: Robert M. Doane, MD
On behalf of: Jackson County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS request that Priority Health provide outcome data to physicians pertaining to the impact restrictions on the performance of immediate arthroscopic knee procedures have on quality of care, utilization, and costs related to the treatment of patients with moderate or advanced osteoarthritis or obvious meniscus tear; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS engage in discussions with Priority Health to eliminate burdensome and restrictive requirements regulating the performance of arthroscopic knee procedures that may increase the costs to care for patients while delaying their definitive treatment.
RESOLVED: That MSMS request that Priority Health provide outcome data to physicians pertaining to the impact restrictions on the performance of immediate arthroscopic knee procedures have on quality of care, utilization, and costs related to the treatment of patients with moderate or advanced osteoarthritis or obvious meniscus tear; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS engage in discussions with Priority Health to eliminate burdensome and restrictive requirements regulating the performance of arthroscopic knee procedures that may increase the costs to care for patients while delaying their definitive treatment.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Priority Health Restrictions on Arthroscopic Knee Procedures