P4P, the obvious next step

Anyone who couldn’t see this coming is blind:

“Pay for performance,” one of the great health-care buzzwords of the moment, is often described as paying hospitals more if they take better care of patients. In a 104-page proposal unveiled today, Medicare offers a twist: Pay hospitals less if they aren’t among the top performers.

There is no doubt that many would want this extended to all physicians.

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