title: Pay for performance: will your hospital be ready?
abstract: With increased payment-or, in some cases, even the ability to contract with a payer-likely to be tied to the achievement of quality measures, providers need to: work with physicians in developing associated care delivery protocols, establish compliance mechanisms that are acceptable to clinicians and meet appropriate regulatory and legal standards.
authors.affiliation: Ober/Kaler, Washington DC, USA. pkohare@ober.com
authors.forename: Patrick K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: O'Hare
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019091:Critical Pathways; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States