title: Combining pay for performance with gainsharing.
abstract: Combining gainsharing with pay for performance offers the potential to deal simultaneously with the nation's healthcare quality, affordability, and profitability issues by more equitably rewarding contributions toward enhanced quality of care, increased efficiency, and reduced case costs.
authors.affiliation: Reynolds & Company Management Consultants, New York, NY, USA. jreynolds@jxreynolds.com
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roble
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002140:California; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States