title: You get what you pay for. Case example: designing a quality incentive program.
abstract: The author describes her experience in developing a quality incentive program with a national health plan. The ultimate goals: To save lives and money, and reward providers who do the right thing.
authors.affiliation: Exempla Health Care, Denver, USA. welle-powelld@exempla.org
authors.forename: Debbie
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Welle-Powell
mesh_terms: D006123:Group Practice / Q000592:standards*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States