title: Health system takes performance-based pay from theory to practice.
abstract: A Cincinnati health system offers a real-world example of an organization that has implemented incentive programs designed to reward physicians for managing quality and cost.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009820:Ohio; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012201:Reward; D012308:Risk Management; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits