title: Building blocks to adopting a pay-for-performance model.
abstract: Pay for performance (P4P) is a payment approach used in healthcare that is based on clinical information-driven reform. The fundamental concept of this method is to tie payment to how well providers comply to practice standards. This article will analyze those concepts including the essential building blocks, models, and selected programs of P4Ps, as well as information technology's impact on P4Ps. The nurse manager and nurse executive need to be familiar with this method to participate in the evaluation and implementation of such plans.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Sciences, Houston, TX, USA. Roxana.M.Maffei@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Roxana M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Maffei
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States