Separate Palliative Deaths from Mortality Statistics

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.

Fiscal Note: NULL

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