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Big demand for pay-for-performance knowledge

October 15, 2008 — 11:46pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A few years ago, pay-for-performance was mostly a subject of academic papers--and a few pioneering experiments on the West Coast. But things have changed a lot since then. At this year's MGMA, not... Read more...

CA group announces 2007 P4P results

October 6, 2008 — 1:08am ET | By Anne Zieger
California healthcare group Integrated Healthcare Association has announced the 2007 pay-for-performance program results and performance award winners. The IHA found that clinical quality and... Read more...

CMS to expand 'value-based' purchasing efforts

September 23, 2008 — 11:57am ET | By Anne Zieger
Brace yourself: It looks like CMS is going to expand its value-based purchasing efforts, throwing yet another wrinkle into a relationship that's complicated enough as it is. According to Thomas... Read more...

N.J. Blue plan files to go for-profit

August 18, 2008 — 4:56pm ET | By Anne Zieger
New Jersey's Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield has filed with the state to convert from not-for-profit to for-profit status, in what it says is a bid to boost its financial options. In its filing... Read more...

CMS says doctors earned $16.7M on P4P demo

August 15, 2008 — 10:43am ET | By Anne Zieger
You've gotta love it when CMS gives out money above and beyond the usual reimbursement rates--and it's even better when the bonuses involved work out for pretty much everyone involved. That's the... Read more...

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...