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In which the NY Times publishes an anti-P4P article

Posted on September 09, 2008

The Pitfalls of Linking Doctors Pay to Performance The program is called pay for performance, P4P for short. Employers and insurers, including Medicare, have started about 100 such initiatives across the country. The general intent is to reward doctors for providing better care.For example, doctors receive bonuses if they prescribe ACE inhibitor drugs to patients with congestive heart failure. Hospitals get bonuses if they administer antibiotics to pneumonia patients in a timely manner.On the surface, this seems like a good idea: reward doctors and hospitals for quality, not just quantity...

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