Rewarding Provider Performance - Aligning Incentives in Medicare

The third installment in the Pathways to Quality Health Care series, Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare, continues to address the timely topic of the quality of health care in America. Each volume in the series effectively evaluates specific policy approaches within the context of improving the current operational framework of the health care system. The theme of this particular book is the staged introduction of pay for performance into Medicare. Pay for performance is a strategy that financially rewards health care providers for delivering high-quality care. Building on the findings and recommendations described in the two companion editions, Performance Measurement and Medicare's Quality Improvement Organization Program, this book offers options for implementing payment incentives to provide better value for America's health care investments. This book features conclusions and recommendations that will be useful to all stakeholders concerned with improving the quality and performance of the nation's health care system in both the public and private sectors.

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Addresses the topic of quality of health care in America. This book evaluates specific policy approaches within the context of improving operational framework of health care system. It offers options for implementing payment incentives to provide value for America's health care investments.

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• Autori: Board On Health Care Services, Committee on Redesigning Health Insuranc, Payment Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures Payment and Performance Improvement Programs, Institute Of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
• Con la collaborazione di: National Academies Press (Editore)
• Editore: National Academies Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 17.02.2007
• EAN: 9780309102162
• ISBN: 978-0-309-10216-2
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 219 mm x 158 mm x 21 mm
• Peso: 553 g
• Serie: Pathways to Quality Health Car; Pathways to Quality Health Care; Pathways to Quality Health Care; Pathways to Quality Health Car
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Singoli rami economici, branche