Medical group practice applications for HEDIS: reality or myth?

Through administrative review or random sample, health plan statisticians have ventured into group practice to collect indices that attempt to assess and measure quality. Yet group practice, as a means for assisting in the data collection processes of HEDIS, has had little participation in its development. This professional paper seeks to explore ways in which a group practice can play an important part in some area of HEDIS measurement and data collection.