Impact of pay-for-performance contracts and network registry on diabetes and asthma HEDIS® measures in an integrated delivery network

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Levin Scherz, Jeffrey ^a   DeVita, Nicole ^a   Timbie, Justin ^b  

^a Partners Community HealthCare Inc   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diabetes; Incentives; Pay for performance; Quality; Registry

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REGISTER; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MASSACHUSETTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAY FOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CONTRACT SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

EID: 33646767853     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558705284057     Document Type: Review

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