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Category: Quality
The Quality of Medicaid compared with Private Coverage
Is Medicaid worse than no insurance at all? Of course not. But it is not as good as private coverage for quality. Medicaid, the much-maligned , seeks to emulate the effectiveness of private insurance coverage. A recent study explores hospital-based Continue Reading …
P4P Reduced Mortality in UK
Pay-for-performance has demonstrated mixed results in the US. A recent UK study shows promise for success. Programs that provide financial bonuses to hospitals that produce desired health outcomes are known as ‘pay-for-performance’ (P4P). However, evidence to date does not link Continue Reading …
Poor P4P Incentives Don’t Work
In an era of cost containment, payers and policy makers have championed the use of pay-for-performance. Recently, Medicare has initiated a pay-for-performance (P4P) policy of nonpayment for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). One recent New England Journal of Medicine article examined the Continue Reading …
2012 Year in Review (Part 2 of 4)
Alternative Healthcare Delivery Systems The concept of the medical home is an old one, developed in the 1960s for the pediatric population, but lately has grown in popularity. It hopes to provide for patients comprehensive, coordinated care for the whole Continue Reading …
Continuity of care in resident clinics
Clinicians, policy makers, and the literature agree that continuity of care is ideal for a healthy America. How well do teaching hospital clinics, which often have a revolving door of resident physicians, perform on this and quality? Teaching hospitals are Continue Reading …
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