Report of the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform
March 4, 2013 | Issue Brief
The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform studies new ways to improve patient outcomes, while reining in costs.
Payment Reform
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Payment Matters: The ROI for Payment Reform
February 28, 2013 | Issue Brief
Five briefs from RWJF examine employers’ pilot programs testing four approaches to payment reform, including population-based payment, patient-centered medical homes, high-intensity primary care, and bundled payment.
AcademyHealth
April 15, 2013 | Grantee
Through an RWJF grant, AcademyHealth is looking into ways to advance payment and delivery reform activities.
Payment Reform: Bundled Episodes vs. Global Payments
September 6, 2012 | Report/Issue Brief
This issue brief presents a frank assessment of the merits and drawbacks of two payment models, bundled payments and global capitation, through a debate between Francois de Brantes and Robert Berenson.
What Models of Payment Reform Hold the Most Promise?
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Policy-makers are considering a number of models to reform the payment system, including accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes, comprehensive care payment and episode-based payment.
In Setting Doctors' Medicare Fees, CMS Almost Always Accepts the Relative Value Update Panel's Advice on Work Values
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
To calculate physicians' fees under Medicare, which in turn influence the physician fee schedules of other public and private payers, one of the essential decisions the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must make is how much physician time and effort, or work, is associated with various physician services.
Testing PROMETHEUS Payment
September 17, 2012 | Program Result
The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute furthered the development and pilot testing of its Prometheus bundled payment model. Researchers at RAND and the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated the initiative at three pilot sites.
Talking about Health Care Payment Reform with U.S. Consumers
April 1, 2011 | Report
Report details research conducted to develop and test simple messages that explain the concepts of payment and delivery reform to consumers in ways they understand and support.
Talking with Physicians about Improving Payment and Reimbursement
April 1, 2011 | Report
Report details research conducted to develop and test simple messages that will help local AF4Q leaders begin discussions about payment and delivery reforms with physicians in their community.
The PROMETHEUS Bundled Payment Experiment
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bundled payment, which provides payment for all of the care a patient needs over the course of a defined clinical episode, instead of paying for each discrete service. We evaluated the initial "road test" of PROMETHEUS Payment, one of several bundled payment pilot projects.