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Score: A Comparison of Pay-for-Performance Programs Among Commercial
Insurers APay-for-performance (P4P) represents a radical departure from traditional payment methods. P4P has been gaining traction, largely because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has told hospitals and physicians that future increases in payment will be linked to improvements in clinical performance. Join The Managed Care Information Center and PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute in this 60-minute audio conference and webinar. New on CD-Rom Pay-for-Performance:
Lessons Learned and Future Predictions Are physician incentives the panacea to a struggling healthcare system leading to strengthening quality measures, improved outcomes, and increased patient and health plan member satisfaction? Join Pay-for-Performance Reporter and the Managed Care Information Center along with the pioneers of physician pay-for-performance for a discussion of past successes and the challenges ahead in this 90-minute audio conference.
Pay-for-Performance: Incentives, Models, Measures and Perspectives As quality concerns escalate and healthcare costs skyrocket, P4P physician incentive programs are being implemented by health plans around the country as a way to reward healthcare efficiency and effectiveness. This report gives you a comprehensive understanding of this developing physician reimbursement trend that may change how providers are measured and paid and improve the quality of care and patient satisfaction. NEW! Now Available on CD-ROM “Six Sigma” and “Lean” are both buzzwords in healthcare today. These highly effective improvement approaches have been successfully implemented across many industries. Today, the application of Lean and Six Sigma techniques at healthcare organizations are achieving astonishing results. Join The Managed Care Information Center to hear how healthcare organizations participating in Lean / Six Sigma programs can experience significantly higher incomes through increased revenues and the lowering of operating costs in this 90-minute audio conference and webinar. Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentive Compensation Over the past 3 years, millions of dollars have been awarded to physicians as quality improvement physician incentives. Health plans are "rushing" to develop performance-related physician incentive programs. Pay for Performance: "How Millions of Dollars in Physician Bonus Incentives Linked to Improving Quality of Care May Be The Answer for Managed Care"
What's Working in P4P 'Box Set' Looking for an easy way to acquaint your team with “pay-for-performance” (P4P)? Introducing the P4P Audio Conference CD Box Set. These highly rated, executive-level telebriefings on CD are ideal for low cost, affordable team training. The programs feature four early adopter insiders providing details, metrics, payment structure, characteristics of successful programs, design principles and what's working are key points covered in three hours of high-level management discussion on details on physician pay for performance. Can We Get To Yes? Key Issues in Managed Care Payor-Provider Contracting Increasingly hospitals are walking away from payor contracts. Physicians are not only dropping out of health plan networks, but also some are not accepting health insurance. And the headlines carry more and more news about physicians-payor lawsuits. How do you get to "yes" in this environment? Can payors and providers find room to reach agreement? Are providers willing to leave money on the table? The goal of this conference call is to provide a 360-degree assessment of health plan - provider contracting issues for the coming round of negotiations. MCO consolidation in many key markets may tip the scales. Can hospitals negotiate adequate physician reimbursement when up against the proverbial "900 pound gorilla?" Toward Transparency in Healthcare: Competing for Quality and Consumers Reaching Reluctant Physicians: Forging Organizational Trust and Collaboration |
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