Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2006
Journal Title
Indiana Health Law Review
ISSN
1549-3199
DOI
10.18060/16481
Abstract
The title of my lecture about pay for performance in health care (often abbreviated as "P4P") echoes a French management saying: "It's all very well in practice, but it will never work in theory." There is no doubt that medical pay for performance is popular. P4P initiatives are everywhere; a search of online news reveals nearly 2,500 stories about pay for performance in the last two years alone. Folk legend Arlo Guthrie would have called P4P a movement-a "Pay for Performance Medical Quality Movement." But before you join in, you might want to know what you are joining. So let's talk about the theory of paying for performance, to help you recognize the dangers as well as the opportunities in this particular movement as it gathers steam.
First Page
305
Last Page
324
Num Pages
20
Volume Number
3
Issue Number
2
Publisher
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
Recommended Citation
William M. Sage,
Pay for Performance: Will It Work in Theory,
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Ind. Health L. Rev.
305
(2006).
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