Medicare and Medicaid

Research from Ohio State University reveals new findings on medicare and medicaid

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, December 4th, 2009

According to a study from the United States, "Pay for performance (P4P) is of growing importance in the Medicare program. Pay-for-performance policy has the support of political actors in both parties and in the legislative and executive branches; of experts, business, and consumer interests; and in a qualified way, of health care providers."

"The evidence that P4P improves quality or reduces cost, however, is scant, although P4P proponents claim that the program is evidence based. This article reviews the history of Medicare P4P, documents its widespread support, and evaluates both the evidence of its effectiveness and the expert discourse about that evidence. The...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2009-12-04)

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