Measuring, reporting, and rewarding performance in health care

Measuring, reporting, and rewarding performance in health care

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Sorian, Richard.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2006]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Physician Incentive Plans
Quality Indicators, Health Care
United States
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Quality measurement and reporting in health care are crucial for identifying areas in need of improvement, monitoring progress, and providing consumers and purchasers with comparative information about health system performance. Although several measurement systems are used routinely to assess ambulatory, hospital, and long-term care, a systematic assessment of quality across spectrums of care is lacking. Spurred by rising costs and lagging quality improvement, large purchasers, health plans, and others have developed and implemented a variety of approaches that seek to reward high performance and create incentives for quality improvement. Efforts to improve and increase care measurement and align the incentives of providers through pay-for-performance programs are important building blocks in developing a health care system that performs more effectively and efficiently. Federal leadership is important to provide consistency to measurement and incentive systems so that the nation can gain the full value of these tools.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
NLM Unique ID:
101273545 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101273545