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Thursday, April 12, 2007

State Medicaid Programs P4P

In the first published nationwide survey of state Medicaid programs on "pay-for-performance" practices, more than half of all programs state that they provide financial incentives to health care providers for better quality care.

Almost 85 percent of states plan to have pay-for-performance programs within five years. Researchers also found that most current programs focus on women's, children's and adolescents' health issues. The study is published today by The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation working toward a high-performance health system. Authors are from IPRO, a not-for-profit quality evaluation and improvement organization, and The Kuhmerker Consulting Group, LLC, a health care consulting firm.‎

Posted by Jaz at 1:12 PM

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