title: Paying for quality: not-for-profit program promotes rewards for performance.
abstract: Two years ago, the Institute of Medicine report Crossing the Quality Chasm issued a challenge to find ways to reduce the "burden of illness, injury, and disability" in the United States while "improving the health and functioning" of the population. Last month, a new program called Bridges to Excellence--created by a coalition of major employers, physicians, health plans, and others--was unveiled to meet that goal by rewarding physicians through incentive payments related to performance.
mesh_terms: D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009939:Organizations, Nonprofit; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States