Pay-for-Performance Programs: Guiding Principles and Design Strategies

Foreword by Kenneth W. Kizer, MD, MPH

Item Number: NQFWP-08-05
Paperback, 56 pages
October 2005

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Abstract

One of the strategies that is now poised to substantially restructure payment for healthcare in the United States involves linking payment to compliance with evidence-based clinical guidelines. This document presents background material on current pay-for-performance initiatives and presents recommendations for how to advance the use of pay-for-performance to improve healthcare quality.

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