title: Utilizing a microcomputer-based physician incentive compensation program to increase inpatient hospital utilization and improve cost management.
abstract: This paper will address the complex issues of effective cost management and declining inpatient volume. Utilizing a microcomputer-based physician incentive compensation program, it will show how a hospital developed a plan to increase inpatient hospital utilization and improve cost management. It will discuss the Internal Revenue, HCFA, and legal implications of the plan.
authors.affiliation: Columbus-Cuneo-Cabrini Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Annis
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Holton
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D005607:Fraud; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics; D007183:Income Tax; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics; D008838:Microcomputers; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services