Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives Audio Conference Scheduled
MANASQUAN, N. J. (PRWEB) July 23, 2005
Over the past three years, millions of dollars have been awarded to physicians as quality improvement incentives. To explore how these pay-for-performance initiatives are being successfully implemented, the Managed Care Information Center has scheduled “Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentive Compensation,” a new executive-level teleconference, Thursday, July 28, at 1:30 p. m EST.
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Health plans are “rushing” to develop performance-related physician incentive programs. In addition, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has introduced its own incentive demonstration for medicine. Managed care is widely embracing this initiatives while physicians remain skeptical.
“Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives” will feature presentations from the “insiders” who worked on developing consensus among 200 physicians on what the framework of an effective P4P program should include.
Panelists Dr. Jim Pope, chief medical officer, American Healthways, and Dr. Fred Brancati, chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Outcomes Evaluating Program will cover topics including:
What an effective P4P program should include
Design principles
Accountability, payment structure
Sets of metrics
Involving patients in program development and assessment
Evaluation/outcomes measures
WhatÂ’s working now
What the future may hold
A live question and answer session will also be included in the audio conference.
How To Register
To register for “Getting It Right: Designing Outcomes-Based Physician Incentives,” visit www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm (http://www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm), call (800) 516-4343.
Cost of the conference is $227 per site for those who register on or before July 22 and $277 after the early bird deadline. A CD-ROM will also be available for purchase for those unable to attend the live conference. For further details and other pricing options, visit www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm (http://www. healthresourcesonline. com/edu/p4p05.htm).
Address: Managed Care Information Center, 1913 Atlantic Ave., Suite F4, Manasquan, NJ 08736; (732) 292-1100, www. themcic. com
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