title: Command performance. CMS ready to debut pay-for-performance plan, but regardless of whether it's a hit, quality comparisons could be a rising star.
abstract: Whether the CMS' pay-for-performance plan ever materializes is inconsequential. Executives say quality performance will undoubtedly play a larger role in reimbursement. Opal Reinbold, left, from Palomar Pomerado Health says the system participated in a quality incentive demonstration project because "it prepared us for how this evidence-based practice was going to be applied."
authors.forename: Cinda
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019985:Benchmarking; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D030881:Disclosure; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016344:Medicare Part A / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States