What is PROMETHEUS?
February 27, 2011 | Toolkit
Funded by RWJF, the current pilot implementations are designed to test the validity of the PROMETHEUS model.
Payment Reform
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Better Ways to Pay for Health Care
January 14, 2009 | Report
This primer provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the problems with current health care payment systems and describes alternative payment systems that will address these problems.
Prometheus Payment
January 1, 2009 | Report
This report describes the PROMETHEUS scorecard approach, the principles of scoring, the sources of the measures, how scores are calculated and the impact on payment.
Health Insurance Reform Project Identifies New Ideas to Improve Federal Health Policy - Voluntary Chronic Care Improvement Programs and Tax Credits
January 17, 2011 | Program Result
The Health Insurance Reform Project worked to develop and advance new ideas to improve federal health policy, focusing primarily on improving quality in Medicare and expanding health insurance coverage nationally.
From Volume to Value
November 1, 2008 | Report
This report, the first in a series, examines ways to reform payment systems, improve quality and reduce costs in the health care system.
Making Prometheus Payment Rates Real
June 1, 2008 | Report
This project aims to design and test an approach to paying for health care which would simultaneously improve quality, lower administrative burden and pay providers fairly based on known science. This paper reviews the approach to be implemented and describes the real-world decisions necessary to make a pilot possible.
PROMETHEUS Payment Reform Quarterly Newsletter, Issue 7
November 10, 2010 | Book
How important is CEO buy-in? Really important, explains this quarter’s PROMETHEUS Payment newsletter.
A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
Andru Ziwasimon-Zeller Cares and Advocates for Uninsured
August 23, 2010 | Story
Physician and 2010 Community Health Leader Award winner co-founded clinic and local advocacy group.
Building a Bridge from Fragmentation to Accountability
September 10, 2009 | Journal Article
The PROMETHEUS Payment approach seeks to promote and reward high-quality, efficient, patient-centered health care by using a novel method to pay hospitals and physicians and other providers. The PROMETHEUS Payment model consists of three components: evidence-informed base payments with patient-specific severity adjustments and an allowance for potentially avoidable complications.