As public and private payors move to place greater priority on quality and value, the ACP noted the importance of measuring low-value services, such as imaging for patients with uncomplicated low back pain. Its position paper includes:
• An overview of performance measures for low-value services
• Specific examples of possible measures to assess use of low-value services
• How these measures can be used in clinical practice and policy
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