tci Part B Insider - 2006 Issue 6

Bush Budget Calls For P4P--But No More Money

If you were hoping for a nice juicy carrot to encourage you to go along with pay-for-performance (P4P), the Bush Administration has a pointy stick it wants to show you. The 2007 budget, just released by the Bush Administration, doesn't say anything about reversing the roughly 5-percent pay cut that's in store for you next year. And when it talks about P4P, the Bush budget summary says that P4P programs should "not increase taxpayer, Medicare, or beneficiary costs." In other words, the White House wants P4P to be budget neutral, which means no sweetening the pot. You'll risk...

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