Draft spinal stenosis measures 082807 for public comment

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPMR), American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), North American Spine Society (NASS), Physician Consortium for Performance ®Improvement , National Committee for Quality Assurance Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Physician Performance Measurement Set DRAFT August 2007 Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Work Group (specialty) Robert Haralson III, MD, MBA (Co-Chair) (Orthopaedic Surgery) William C. Watters, III, MD (Co-Chair) (Orthopaedic Surgery) Chris Alexander, III, MD, MACRhe, FACP Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD (Health Plan) (Rheumatology) Tom Marr, MD (Health Plan) Peter Carmel, MD (Neurosurgery) Daniel Mazanec, MD (Rheumatology) Anthony Delitto, PhD, PT, FAPTA (Physical Therapy) Donald R. Murphy, DC (Chiropractic Medicine) Richard Deyo, MD (Internal Medicine) Yuri Nakasato, MD (Geriatric Rheumatology) Thomas J. Gilbert, MD, MPP (Radiology) Daniel K. Resnick, MD, MS (Neurosurgery) Ken Grossman, MD (Employer) Frank Salvi, MD, MS (Physical Medicine and Andrew Haig, MD (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) Rehabilitation) Donald D. Storey, MD (Health Plan) Donald J. Iverson, MD (Neurology) Michael Wasylik, MD, PA (Orthopaedic Surgery) Michael G. Kaiser, MD (Neurosurgery) David A. Wong, MD, MSc (Orthopaedic Surgery) Jon Lurie, MD (Internal Medicine) Staff: American Academy of ...