Comments on: Pay for Performance

By: Pay for Performance Perils | Independence Institute: Patient Power

Pay for Performance Perils | Independence Institute: Patient Power — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:28:35 +0000

[...] they see fit, pay-for-performance (”P4P”) has disturbing consequences, as Linda Gorman points out: Targets create incentives to manipulate patient records and official statistics, corrupting data [...]

By: John Goodman

John Goodman — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:26:52 +0000

There is a great article in the Health Care Financing Review by Ariel Linden that reviews the Medicare pilot programs on disease management (basically P4P) and concludes that none of these experiments are working. The cite is here: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HealthCareFinancingReview/downloads/08Springpg1.pdf

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:51:43 +0000

Has anyone noticed that virtually every study of “pay for performance” shows that it doesn’t work? Yet the more the evidence weighs against it, the louder its advocates seem to be in promoting it.

By: Larry C.

Larry C. — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:52:06 +0000

I agree with Joe.

By: Joe S.

Joe S. — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:34:06 +0000

Linda, this is a terrific post. one of your best ever.