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Study: P4P may have little impact on quality

July 28, 2008 — 9:05am ET | By Anne Zieger
Of late, health plans and employers have been rolling out pay-for-performance programs aggressively, on the assumption that such programs offer a helpful method for improving healthcare quality. In... Read more...

CMS awards $7M to top performers in P4P program

June 18, 2008 — 9:11am ET | By Anne Zieger
CMS has announced that it will award a collective $7 million this year to the 112 top performing hospitals in its ongoing pay-for-performance project with Premier. The best performer, Sacred Heart... Read more...

Study: Gain-sharing with physicians controls hospital costs

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
A new study has concluded that paying physicians a cash reward to cut hospital spending cuts costs without harming care quality or access. Some policymakers have raised concerns that such programs... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Health IT standards progressing; VCs and researchers teaming up to build biotech firms; and much more...

April 29, 2008 — 6:59am ET
> It's looking like the health IT industry should make significant progress this year in establishing clinical data standards. Read more...

Medicare group issues hospital efficiency recommendations

April 11, 2008 — 6:59am ET
How can we improve hospital efficiency? Well, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, it would help if Medicare established a checks-and-balances system that encourages providers to... Read more...

Medicare commission recommends primary care increase

April 10, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Hoping to "reward a career in primary care" and decrease shortages, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has recommended that Congress create a budget-neutral adjustment that will boost payments... Read more...

Groups come together on MD performance reporting

April 2, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Measuring performance is one of the toughest nuts the healthcare industry has to crack. But this time, some important stakeholders have at least come together to handle the problem as a team. Groups... Read more...

Group of hospitals joins BC of CA P4P program

March 20, 2008 — 7:59am ET
A group of 23 hospitals have joined Blue Cross of California's new inpatient pay-for-performance program, which is structured to give the facilities adjustments to their inpatient fixed-payment... Read more...

Senators ask CMS to keep disease-mgmt program

March 18, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Last month, CMS decided to discontinue its planned three-year Medicare Health Support program--aimed at managing chronic diseases more effectively--arguing that initial results hadn't met quality,... Read more...

California MD groups get $65M in P4P bonuses

February 28, 2008 — 7:59am ET
It looks like some California medical groups and IPAs are profiting from their participation in pay-for-performance programs--but not that much. According to the Integrated Healthcare Association,... Read more...
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Press Release: Pay for Performance in Healthcare Gets an “Incomplete” Report Card

Pay for Performance in Healthcare Get an “Incomplete” Report Card Says PricewaterhouseCoopers Report Universal Measures, Greater Financial Incentives for Doctors Needed to Improve Quality New Read more >>

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