Dr. Bilazarian, I really do "feel your pain".  I have worked with the hospital core measures since its inception in the late 90's.  HospitalCompare was horrid when it first came out.  It's gotten better over the years.  With 3200+ hospitals nationwide I expected some omissions (even though we as providers can't have them).  However, I can not imagine trying to put in place any kind of "PhysicianCompare" with the hundreds of thousands of practices in the nation.  The physician quality measures are all claims-based and so the info that will be compared is at least a full year old, and quite possibly older.  Then you get areas like where you are where you aren't being represented---so how "fair" is the comparison? 

Now you get the Value Based Purchasing into the mix for the hospitals and it's an even bigger nightmare---electronic health records needed (which one do you buy out of the myriads out there--who's a certified EHR vendor)---and then make this a reality for the physician office (one-man shows are all but gone now--will they all leave practice with this EHR thing?) and really you are enslaved to CMS for everything.  Mind you, it IS job stability for me---but I'm ever mindful of the impact this whole nightmare has and is impacting all of us.

I wish there was somewhere I could tell you to go get your practice put on there.  The only place I can honestly think of is your state's Quality Improvement Organization.  They may be able to intervene.

Best of luck!

Becky Christianson, RN