July 1, 2024

The Clinician Practice Information (CPI) Survey, a partner survey to the Physician Information Survey (PPI) managed by Mathematica, was launched in May, and invitation emails were sent to practices. Mathematica has announced it will extend the survey effort to July 31, 2024. This extension will allow additional communications and reminders from Mathematica and additional specialty society communications. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) Clinician Information Survey and Clinician Practice Information (CPI) Surveys are underway, and we urgently need all selected clinicians 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 that are a key element of clinician payment. This data has not been updated since last collected more than 15 years ago, and it is critically important to update this data to ensure accurate payment. 

 See here for more information about this survey. 

 Mathematica, a well-regarded consulting firm, is helping the AMA and specialty societies run this survey. Your practice may receive an email from CPISurvey@mathematica-mpr.com and a USPS mail packet from Mathematica that contains 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, you may be asked 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 clinician payment! 

See this article for more information about the survey and read this previous article on APMA’s efforts.