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GAO: Legal burdens dissuade health systems from P4P
The Stark law and anti-kickback statutes are so challenging that some health systems have ended financial incentive programs or have refrained from starting new ones, according to an Government
Medical home beats P4P in quality improvement
Small, targeted incentive payments aimed at changing physicians' behavior merely "nibble around the edges" of creating better care, according to a recent Canadian study that showed lackluster results
Top patient care performers are most profitable hospitals
Hospitals with high performance scores in patient care are more profitable, according to a new Press Ganey report. The top 25 percent of U.S. hospitals with the highest scores on the Hospital
Physician groups fight early pay-for-performance plan
Despite objections from the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing an early launch of
Pay for performance yields mixed results, study says
The healthcare industry has put much focus on pay-for-performance programs to improve the quality of care. Yet new research questions this approach and suggests that providing financial incentives to
Practices reap rewards from CMS Group Practice Demonstration
As 10 medical groups concluded year four of the CMS physician group practice pay-for-performance demonstration project, the agency announced that the participants had saved $38.7 million in Medicare
SPOTLIGHT: Physician bonuses more closely linked to performance
Performance-based bonuses are becoming more common, according to Hay Group's 2010 Physician Compensation Survey. In 2009, nearly all group-based organizations (92 percent) offered bonuses, also known
Physician bonuses more closely linked to performance
Performance-based bonuses are becoming more common, according to Hay Group's 2010 Physician Compensation Survey. In 2009, nearly all group-based organizations (92 percent) offered bonuses, also known
SPOTLIGHT: Payers announce meaningful-use incentives
Four major insurers announced they will align their pay-for-performance programs with federal meaningful-use criteria for electronic medical records. However, it is not clear in all cases if those
Pennsylvania's third-largest insurer in ad war after contract talks fail over 'parity'
Capital Blue Cross ranked highest in member satisfaction among Pennsylvania health plans, according to the J.D. Power and Associates' 2010 National Health Insurance Plan Study. But some hospitals
