Pay for Performance: You Don't Have To Sacrifice Quality Care To Save Money

Article Overview

This article covers a University of Michigan report on participation in Medicare pay-for-performance efforts and a separate physician quality reporting program. It explains, at a high level, how a large academic health system organized care-management and follow-up programs for Medicare patients while aiming to improve measured quality and control spending growth. The piece is relevant to physicians, hospital administrators, care managers, and coding/billing professionals who follow Medicare quality initiatives and performance-based reimbursement programs.