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Today there is hardly a more hotly debated topic than pay-for-performance, or P4P. And yet, despite all the brouhaha, it’s still only a distant speck on the horizon. In line with t...
The federal government should do a better job of overseeing state Medicaid finances, according to a report issued Monday by the General Accountability Office. The 54-page GA...
WASHINGTON – A group of Democrats and other supporters are calling for a law that would allow government officials to negotiate for lower Medicare drug prices. According to Sen. D...
P4P COULD HURT POOR, MINORITIES, STUDY SUGGESTS While pay-for-performance (P4P) and public quality-reporting programs may contribute to the improvement of healthcare qualit...
WASHINGTON – A recent study indicates that employers can save money on healthcare by paying incentives to their employees who maintain healthy lifestyles. Advocates of consumer-direct...
Inconsistent investments and strategies are undercutting the effectiveness of pay-for-performance initiatives in the United States, according to a recent payer-based survey on P4P programs....
Contributed By Elizabeth W. Boehm & Bruce D. Temkin Health plan executives are confronted by a daunting challenge – they face increasing cost pressures, more complex plan designs, ris...
WASHINGTON - Amid industry concerns, a new pay-for-performance program has been outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The voluntary 2007 Physician Quality Reporting Initiati...
LOS ANGELES – The California Heart Center Foundation implemented a standalone dashboard to monitor its productivity, financial performance and referrals from outside physicians almost a yea...
PITTSBURGH – Consolidation and economies of scale are two key reasons behind the combination of two large Blues plans in Pennsylvania. The merger, announced in late March, will form an orga...