title: Pay for performance and the revolution in American medical culture.
abstract: The recent implementation of pay for performance by CMS in radiology practices is not going to be an isolated event. Instead, it reflects an early manifestation of what will likely be a revolution in how we work and how we are paid in diagnostic imaging. Examining the factors that underly this revolution are critical for understanding the next waves of change that will drive our future.
authors.affiliation: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19096, USA. lexa@wharton.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lexa
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics*; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans / Q000191:economics*; D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000941:ethics; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011871:Radiology / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States