Dear Chairman Chernew, Executive Director Mathews, and MedPAC Commissioners and Staff:
The undersigned members of the Physician Clinical Registry Coalition (the “Coalition”)
respectfully request the opportunity to virtually meet with representatives of the Medicare
Payment Advisory Commission (“MedPAC”) to discuss ways in which clinical data registries
can be leveraged to meet the current and future needs of the health care system and to optimize
patient care. The Coalition is a group of medical society-sponsored clinical data registries that
collect and analyze clinical outcomes data to identify best practices and improve patient care.
We are committed to advocating for policies that encourage and enable the development of
clinical data registries and enhance their ability to improve quality of care through the analysis
and reporting of clinical outcomes. Most of the members of the Coalition meet the definition of
clinician-led clinical data registry under the 21st Century Cures Act and have either been
approved as Qualified Clinical Data Registries (“QCDRs”) or are working towards achieving
QCDR status.
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