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Performance-Related Financial Incentives For Hospitals Not Linked With Improved Quality Of Care
Medicare / Medicaid / Tricare A pay-for-performance program at hospitals was not associated with significant improvement in processes of care or outcomes for heart attack patients, according to a study in JAMA."The concept of providing financial incentives to health care givers to improve quality of care, known as pay for performance, has received national attention as a potential means of narrowing well-documented gaps between health care guidelines and clinical practice," the authors write. [click link for full article]
