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How Patient Case-Mix Adjustment affects Pay-for-Performance Payments
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has a pay-for-performance pilot program that links hospital process performance to financial incentives. This paper sought to determine whether patient case mix alters overall performance ratings relative to other hospitals and whether adjustments Continue Reading …
Is There a Doctor in the House? . . . Or the Senate?
Given the fervor of our most recent election, we reviewed a JAMA article published in 2004 highlighting the decreasing role and influence of physicians and surgeons in politics despite the increasing proportion of the GDP (16%) devoted to health care. Continue Reading …
Using Pay for Performance to Promote Smoking Cessation
This randomized, unblinded clinical trial sought to determine if a financial incentive program could encourage clinicians to refer smokers to a Tobacco Quit Line. The unit of study was the individual health clinic; all clinics were a part of a Continue Reading …
Consumer Directed Health Care…Lacking Direction
A critical analysis of one community’s experience with tiered hospital networks is outlined in a recent paper published in Health Services Research. The authors describe the differences noted in patient behavior regarding admission to the hospital among employees from the Continue Reading …
A Step in the Right Direction
As Election Day approaches, our health care system is a major domestic issue, second only behind the economy(1). The Bush Administration should be applauded for providing prescription drug coverage to seniors in the Medicare program. Other Bush Administration decisions, such Continue Reading …
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