Medicare to Reveal Data About Doctors« Thread Started on Sept 2, 2007, 1:51pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Medicare to Reveal Data About DoctorsGroup Sued to Find Out About ProceduresBy Christopher LeeWashington Post Staff WriterSaturday, September 1, 2007; Page A03 read at source> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... lConsumers may soon have more information to help them select a doctor when they need an operation or other serious medical procedure.A recent federal court decision requires the government to make public Medicare claims information about individual doctors and the procedures they perform, a ruling that could spur development of online reference tools that help patients evaluate physicians based on the volume of procedures they do.