Guidelines for acute stroke and stroke rehabilitation in

the hospital have been developed by an American Medical

Association-National Committee on Quality Assurance for use

by the Medicare program in evaluating physician

performance. NCQA has posted the draft of these guidelines

to its website for public comment.  Comments must be

received by 5 pm (Eastern), Friday, August 25.

For copies of the documents and an online comment form,

visit the NCQA website (HEDIS section) at:

www.ncqa.org/Programs/PublicComment/physicianspecialty/index.htm

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and friends who might wish to comment.

Best wishes,

Paul & Stephanie

Paul Berger & Stephanie Mensh

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"How to Conquer the World With One Hand...And An Attitude"

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P.O. Box 2644, Merrifield, VA 22116

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