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September 4, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers for the Pacific Business Group on Health worked to develop an evidence-based method to score physicians on the quality of health care they provide and to develop a mechanism by which physicians could correct data on their performance.
February 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs can boost care quality and lower costs, but might have unintended effects on racial and ethnic disparities. This research highlights the need to consider the impact of P4P on disparities.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Researchers conducted interview of hospital leaders and unit nurses in 25 hospitals to explore the effect of performance-based incentives.
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Incentives to improve the quality of care provided in Medicaid managed care plans are increasingly common and take many forms. One is a pay-for-performance program that automatically assigns new enrollees to better-performing Medicaid plans in California.
May 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article discusses some of the benefits and drawbacks of pay-for-performance policy as it relates to nurses and the nursing profession. The authors explore the recent literature and explore why nurses have a critical role in pay-for-performance initiatives.
May 30, 2013 | Program Result Report
The solicitation was a broad call for ideas from the field to rein in spending without jeopardizing patient care. RWJF selected 12 of the most novel ideas and those most likely to engender far-reaching change.
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Providers who treat patients with chronic conditions can achieve high patient satisfaction.