Quality-Based Payment for Medical Groups and Individual Physicians

• Main Authors: James C. Robinson (Author), Stephen M. Shortell (Author), Diane R. Rittenhouse (Author), Sara Fernandes-Taylor (Author), Robin R. Gillies (Author), Lawrence P. Casalino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2009-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper measures the extent to which medical groups experience external pay-for-performance incentives based on quality and patient satisfaction and the extent to which these groups pay their primary care and specialist physicians using similar criteria. Over half (52%) of large medical groups re...