title: Paying for outcomes, not performance: lessons from the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System.
abstract: Drawing on lessons learned from the implementation of the Medicare Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS), the authors propose principles for the design and implementation of a hospital payment system based on paying for outcomes.
authors.affiliation: 3M Health Information Systems, Inc., Wallingford Connecticut, USA. rfaverill@mmm.com
authors.forename: Richard F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Averill
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: Norbert I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Goldfield
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000592:standards; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D011445:Prospective Payment System / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States