UnitedHealth Sets Up Physician Advisory Committee

UnitedHealth Group Inc. says it will be asking physicians for ideas about ways to evaluate and improve the quality of patient care.[@@]

UnitedHealth, Minnetonka, Minn., has formed a physician advisory committee to help it design clinical quality programs.

The committee includes representatives from many different specialties and types of organizations, including medical specialty societies, state medical societies and academic medical centers, UnitedHealth says.