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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedKronick R, Casalino LP, Bindman AB
AHRQ Author: Kronick R
Apple pickers or federal judges: strong versus weak incentives in physician payment.
The authors provide an introduction for five papers commissioned by AHRQ focusing on incentives for physicians that are featured in this special issue of Health Services Research. These papers concentrate on suggesting a conceptual framework for the use of financial incentives in health care, key implications of the evidence to date on pay for performance and public reporting in health care and several related topics.
AHRQ-authored.
Citation: Kronick R, Casalino LP, Bindman AB .
Apple pickers or federal judges: strong versus weak incentives in physician payment.
Health Serv Res 2015 Dec;50 Suppl 2:2049-56. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12424.
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Keywords: Payment, Provider Performance, Policy, Health Services Research (HSR), Quality of Care, Healthcare Costs, Quality Improvement
Berdahl C, Schuur JD, Fisher NL
Policy measures and reimbursement for emergency medical imaging in the era of payment reform: proceedings from a panel discussion of the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference.
In May 2015, Academic Emergency Medicine convened a consensus conference titled "Diagnostic Imaging in the Emergency Department: A Research Agenda to Optimize Utilization." As part of the conference, a panel of health care policy leaders and emergency physicians discussed the effect of the Affordable Casre Act and other quality programs on ED diagnostic imaging. This article discusses the content of the panel's presentations.
AHRQ-funded; HS023498.
Citation: Berdahl C, Schuur JD, Fisher NL .
Policy measures and reimbursement for emergency medical imaging in the era of payment reform: proceedings from a panel discussion of the 2015 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference.
Acad Emerg Med 2015 Dec;22(12):1393-9. doi: 10.1111/acem.12829.
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Keywords: Emergency Department, Healthcare Costs, Payment, Policy, Imaging, Policy, Quality Improvement