Making Reform a Reality
June 17, 2010 | Report
Practical ways to successfully manage the multifaceted implementation challenges inherent with payment reform initiatives, using lessons learned from previous efforts.
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Using Community-Level Quality Measurement to Promote Value in Health Benefit Design
August 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Employers or health plans may provide financial incentives to consumers in an effort to “steer” them to high quality or low-cost providers, based on these tiers, through reduced deductibles or copayments.
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.
From Volume to Value
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study proposes two methods of payment reform that could facilitate higher quality and lower cost "episode-of-care payment" and "comprehensive care payment" (condition-adjusted capitation).
Talking About Quality Part 3: How We Get There-Payment Reform
June 30, 2009 | Presentation Material
This slideshow presents several case studies about payment reform that rely on measuring and reporting performance information and rewarding health care providers for quality improvement efforts.
Spotlight on Payment Reform
September 23, 2009 | Story
The result is the U.S. pays far more for health care than any other nation and is on a path of unsustainable spending growth.
"Pay Doctors for Value, Not Volume," Urges National Health Care Quality Coalition
February 17, 2009 | News Release
A new report from the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) recommends major reforms in the way primary care physicians are paid.
Easing the Pathway to Accountable Care Organizations
November 21, 2011 | Journal Article
The revised Medicare Shared Savings Program makes concessions and compromises to encourage a fundamental effort at health system change.