Because of its reliability, public availability, level of detail, and national scope, we believe the BLS OEWS data continue to be the most appropriate source of wage and employment data for use in calculating the work GPCIs (and as discussed later in this section, the employee wage component and purchased services component of the PE GPCI)
Accordingly, we expect that data for their ASM beneficiaries produced under the data sharing process would represent a snapshot of ASM beneficiaries
These studies should focus on medications likely to be used concurrently in patient populations who might benefit from peptide therapy
Regarding the request for external benchmarks that define acceptable performance, we believe that specialty care quality is best evaluated in the context of peer performance rather than external standards that may not reflect the realities of specialty practice patterns or patient populations
Comment: Many commenters recommended eliminating the proposed 85 percent ASM redistribution percentage to calculate payment adjustments for ASM participants