title: Introduction. Apple Pickers or Federal Judges: Strong versus Weak Incentives in Physician Payment.
authors.affiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, Rockville, MD.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kronick
authors.affiliation: Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Lawrence P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Casalino
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics, PRL-Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Andrew B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bindman
mesh_terms: D060866:Accountable Care Organizations / Q000191:economics*; D005251:Fees, Medical; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D064872:Patient Care Bundles / Q000191:economics*; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services; D062505:Value-Based Purchasing / Q000191:economics*