title: The measurement of physician performance.
abstract: There is growing interest in measuring the performance of physicians. At U.S. Healthcare (USHC), performance assessment is the responsibility of U.S. Quality Algorithms, one of its subsidiaries. This article discusses the development and application of certain measures employed to assess the performance of physicians and how compensation is linked to performance in USHC's quality-based compensation model.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Quality Algorithms, Blue Bell, PA, USA.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hanchak
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schlackman
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002204:Capitation Fee; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008511:Medicine / Q000592:standards; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D000078329:Workforce