The Performance Measurement Committee (PMC) of the American College of Physicians (ACP) reports finding six performance measures that address pain management in adults, but deemed only three as valid for use in national accountability programs (Ann Intern Med 2024 Sep 24. https://doi.org/10.7326/ ANNALS-24-00773).
The ACP committee distinguished measures of performance from quality measures, as the former serve to incentivize physicians to improve their performance for reimbursement, whereas the