"Practices that filed PTE reports had higher scores on each of six quality indicators than those that did not file, and the difference was statistically significant."
-The Muskie School of Public Service
PTE Physician Steering Committee
The PTE Primary Care Steering Committee is made up of
leading primary care physicians, employers, and health plans who work together
to identify national quality ratings and develop criteria for how practices will
be reported on the PTE website. Members
of the Steering Committee represent the majority of primary care physicians in
Maine and include the following:
Physicians
Marcus Deck MD: Bowdoin Medical Group
Thomas Claffey MD: Intermed
Barbara Crowley MD: MaineGeneral Health
Richard Engel MD: Maine Medical Partners, Westbrook Internal Medicine
Louis Hanson DO: Cumberland
Ralph Harder MD: St. Mary's Regional Medical Center
