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Home »Quality» Archive for  Pay for Performance (P4P) (Page 3)

Category: Pay for Performance (P4P)

P4P: One review to rule them all

Posted onApril 15, 2013August 11, 2013AuthorPatrick Fitzgerald, MPH

The body of literature remains mixed on P4P programs. Evidence that it is overtly effective remains elusive but would be so…precious…to policy makers. Pay for performance (P4P) continues to expand as a way to incentivize health care quality and efficiency Continue Reading …

CategoriesPay for Performance (P4P), Quality

P4P Reduced Mortality in UK

Posted onFebruary 25, 2013December 23, 2013AuthorJennifer Shine Dyer, MD, MPH, FAAP

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 …

CategoriesPay for Performance (P4P), Quality

Poor P4P Incentives Don’t Work

Posted onJanuary 21, 2013August 16, 2015AuthorAndrew A. Gonzalez , MD, JD, MPH

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 …

CategoriesMedicare, Pay for Performance (P4P), Quality

2012 Year in Review (Part 2 of 4)

Posted onDecember 29, 2012February 4, 2013AuthorNii Darko, DO, MBA

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 …

CategoriesAffordability & Delivery System, Health IT, Malpractice, Marketplace, Pay for Performance (P4P), Quality

The Global Outcomes Score

Posted onDecember 3, 2012January 14, 2013AuthorCedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP1 Comment

Achieving a high quality health care system is the holy grail in medicine these days. A novel way of viewing quality requires analysis of the reduction in risk of severe adverse events expected from health care interventions. We all can Continue Reading …

CategoriesPay for Performance (P4P), Quality

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