Can We Pay for Value, Not Quantity?

Paying Physicians: By 2017, physicians will be rewarded or penalized on the basis of the relative calculated value of the care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries. But is this a good idea? …[T]he practical reality is that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), despite heroic efforts, cannot accurately measure any physician’s overall value, [...]



via John Goodman's Health Policy Blog http://healthblog.ncpa.org/can-we-pay-for-value-not-quantity/