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As you have heard the AMA is in the process of surveying nearly 10,000 physicians regarding practice expenses. We have previously asked you to be on the lookout for an invitation from the AMA contractor Mathematica for the survey invitation. This email would most probably be received by one of your physicians and/or the individual in your organization responsible for credentialing.
- The subject line for the PPI Survey invitation email will read, "American Medical Association requests your input on physician practice expense and patient care hours."
- Invitations and reminders about the PPI Survey, sent to financial experts within practices, will come from PPISurvey@mathematica-mpr.com.
The AMA will be sending additional surveys this week that will include nearly 300 randomly selected radiology groups and/or radiologists throughout the country.
Here is what the email from the AMA will be requesting:
The American Medical Association (AMA) Physician Practice Information (PPI) Survey is underway, and we urgently need all selected physicians to actively engage in this effort. The intent of the survey, which has been endorsed by over 170 medical societies and other health care associations (see full list here), is to collect updated and accurate data on practice costs which are a key element of physician payment. These data have not been updated since last collected over 15 years ago and it is critically important to update these data to ensure accurate payment.
See here for more information about this survey.
Mathematica, a well-regarded consulting firm, is helping the AMA run this survey. Your practice may receive an email (from ppisurvey@mathematica-mpr.com) and an USPS priority mail packet from Mathematica that contained a link to the survey as well as supporting information. We urge you to speak with your practice management colleagues to determine if they have received these communications and ask them to complete this important survey. In the coming weeks or months, your practice, or Mathematica, may ask you to complete a brief survey on the number of weekly hours spent on direct patient care. We urge you to complete this two-minute survey. Help us help YOU to update Medicare physician payment!
It is critical that RBMA members alert your radiologists and the individual in your organization responsible for credentialing for possible receipt of this email. As we have noted correct data returned on the survey will insure proper Medicare reimbursement for many years.
Sincerely,
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