Pay-for-Performance
October 11, 2012 | Issue Brief
This policy brief reviews the background and current state of public and private pay-for-performance initiatives and explores options to make these programs more effective in the future.
Pay for Performance
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Paying for Prevention
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
While pay for performance (P4P) incentives have traditionally been aimed at rewarding preventive service delivery in primary care practices, this observational study looked at the association of P4P and behavioral patient counseling offered for smok ...
Pay-for-Performance Programs to Reduce Racial/Ethnic Disparities
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs can boost care quality and lower costs, but might have unintended effects on racial and ethnic disparities. This research highlights the need to consider the impact of P4P on disparities.
The Reliability of Medical Group Performance Measurement in a Single lnsurer's Pay for Performance Program
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Even for a large insurer with a significant market share, the reliable measurement of performance is challenging due to data limitations, according to this study. This suggests mechanisms must be developed for multiple stakeholders to collaborate an ...
Performance-Based Payment Incentives Increase Burden and Blame for Hospital Nurses
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted interview of hospital leaders and unit nurses in 25 hospitals to explore the effect of performance-based incentives.
Health Plan Competition for Medicaid Enrollees Based on Performance Does Not Improve Quality of Care
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Incentives to improve the quality of care provided in Medicaid managed care plans are increasingly common and take many forms. One is a pay-for-performance program that automatically assigns new enrollees to better-performing Medicaid plans in California.
Paying for quality: Understanding and assessing physician pay-for-performance initiatives
December 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
There is growing interest among private and public health care purchasers in using financial incentives to improve the quality of care delivered by physicians. This report reviews available evidence to detail the effectiveness of pay-for-performance on quality of care.
Engaging Providers and Payers
February 27, 2011 | Toolkit
Building clinical collaboration and a strong consensus behind the pilot will significantly improve your chances of success.
Making the 'Pay' Matter in Pay-for-Performance
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
The authors review hospitals' pay-for-performance (P4P) strategies and describe differences in payments by size of reward payment differences between high- and low-performing providers ability to reward improvement in the absence of high performance and the percentage of payments based on performance.
Challenges and Directions for Nursing in the Pay-for-Performance Movement
May 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article discusses some of the benefits and drawbacks of pay-for-performance policy as it relates to nurses and the nursing profession. The authors explore the recent literature and explore why nurses have a critical role in pay-for-performance initiatives.