Free Web Conference for Health Care Purchasers and Providers

Pay for Performance: Practical Guidance for Decisionmaking and the Latest Evidence

When: May 16, 2006, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

This Web conference will highlight key design-related decisions associated with quality-based payment schemes:

• Is your community ready for quality-based payment?
• Which providers should you target first"—hospitals or physicians?
• Is it better to use a 'carrot' or a 'stick' approach?
• Should purchasers give incentives to providers by using bonuses, withholds, or a combination?
• How can a quality-based payment scheme enhance existing public report card initiatives?

For each of these decisions and others, a panel of health services researchers and purchasers will share evidence, guidance, and practical experiences. In addition, participants will hear the latest findings on pay-for-performance.

The Web conference will feature the AHRQ-supported tool, Pay for Performance: A Decision Guide for Purchasers, and the latest findings on quality-based purchasing from a recent special supplement of the Medical Care Research and Review.

You can register for the workshop here: http://www.academyhealth.org/ahrq/p4pwebconference/

Current as of April 2006

Internet Citation:

Pay for Performance: Practical Guidance for Decisionmaking and the Latest Evidence. Free Web Conference for Health Care Purchasers and Providers. April 2006. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/about/p4p06.htm

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