AMNews: Aug. 18, 2009. Consumer group that wanted Medicare data launches physician ratings site ... American Medical News

By Emily Berry - The same group that unsuccessfully sued the government for access to raw Medicare claims data for individual physicians has launched a patient ratings site that grades individual physicians and uses methodology that the group's president says he hopes will set physicians' minds at ease. Consumers' Checkbook, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that also rates things like auto repair shops, electricians and movers, in July launched physician ratings for Denver; Memphis, Tenn.; and Kansas City, Mo. Read More