Year: 2012
Resolution Number: 42
Action Taken: Approved
Status:
Author(s): P. Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: P. Dileep Kumar, MD
On behalf of: St. Clair County Delegation
Committee: C (Internal Affairs and Public Service) [Pre-2014]
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That our AMA work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop a separate mortality statistic for hospital patients receiving comfort care so that mortality data reported in the quality reporting sites depicts the actual quality of care delivered.
RESOLVED: That our AMA work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop a separate mortality statistic for hospital patients receiving comfort care so that mortality data reported in the quality reporting sites depicts the actual quality of care delivered.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Separate Palliative Deaths from Mortality Statistics