title: New reimbursement models reward clinical excellence.
abstract: Pay-for-performance is an emerging payment model that links quality of care with the level of payment for healthcare services. While pay-for-performance programs are still in their formative stages, hospitals need to prepare by intensifying their efforts to ensure systems and processes support high-quality care.
authors.affiliation: The Strategy Group, Norfolk, Va., USA. corrigan@thestrategygroup.us
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Corrigan
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States