TY - JOUR
T1 - Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for catheterization and percutaneous coronary revascularization by practicing interventional cardiologists
T2 - Results of a survey of American College of Cardiology Interventional Section members
AU - on behalf of the Interventional Section Leadership Council, American College of Cardiology
AU - Welt, Frederick G.P.
AU - Klein, Lloyd W.
AU - Tamis-Holland, Jaqueline
AU - Blankenship, James
AU - Duffy, Peter L.
AU - Cigarroa, Joaquin
AU - Anderson, H. Vernon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2019/4/1
Y1 - 2019/4/1
N2 - Objectives: The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Interventional Section Council leadership sought to examine the views of interventional cardiologists regarding the practical implementation and the value of the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) in their clinical practice. Background: The ACC AUC for revascularization were originally intended to assess trends in revascularization patterns by hospitals and physicians to ensure that both under- and over-utilization were minimized. As a quality assurance tool, the AUC were designed to allow physicians to obtain insight into their practice patterns and improve their practice. Recent trends toward tying payment to performance have raised concerns that these criteria will be incorrectly applied to individual patient reimbursement, which is not what they were designed to do. Consequently, the AUC have become controversial, not for their value in quality assessment, but for the manner in which agencies have used the AUC as a tool to potentially deny payment for certain patients. Methods: Utilizing an online survey, members of the ACC Interventional Section were queried regarding the use of AUC, how they use them, and how they feel utilization impacts the care of patients. Results: We found substantial variability in how the AUC were utilized and concern regarding the value of AUC. Among our findings was that respondents were split (51% vs 49%) regarding the value of AUC to patients and/or their laboratory. Conclusions: In this article, we discuss the implications of these findings and consider options on how AUC might be made a better-accepted and more impactful tool for clinicians and patients.
AB - Objectives: The American College of Cardiology (ACC) Interventional Section Council leadership sought to examine the views of interventional cardiologists regarding the practical implementation and the value of the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) in their clinical practice. Background: The ACC AUC for revascularization were originally intended to assess trends in revascularization patterns by hospitals and physicians to ensure that both under- and over-utilization were minimized. As a quality assurance tool, the AUC were designed to allow physicians to obtain insight into their practice patterns and improve their practice. Recent trends toward tying payment to performance have raised concerns that these criteria will be incorrectly applied to individual patient reimbursement, which is not what they were designed to do. Consequently, the AUC have become controversial, not for their value in quality assessment, but for the manner in which agencies have used the AUC as a tool to potentially deny payment for certain patients. Methods: Utilizing an online survey, members of the ACC Interventional Section were queried regarding the use of AUC, how they use them, and how they feel utilization impacts the care of patients. Results: We found substantial variability in how the AUC were utilized and concern regarding the value of AUC. Among our findings was that respondents were split (51% vs 49%) regarding the value of AUC to patients and/or their laboratory. Conclusions: In this article, we discuss the implications of these findings and consider options on how AUC might be made a better-accepted and more impactful tool for clinicians and patients.
KW - angiography
KW - appropriate use criteria
KW - coronary
KW - percutaneous coronary intervention
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U2 - 10.1002/ccd.27931
DO - 10.1002/ccd.27931
M3 - Article
C2 - 30298614
AN - SCOPUS:85054583907
SN - 1522-1946
VL - 93
SP - 875
EP - 879
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
IS - 5
ER -