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Define pay-for-performance. (Pay for results of service
provided)

• Explain
how reimbursement is affected by the pay-for- performance approach.

• Discuss
how system cost reductions impact the quality and efficiency of health care.

• Discuss
how pay-for-performance affects health care providers and their customers.

• Discuss
the effects pay-for-performance will have on the future of health care

Pay for performance in healthcare gives financial incentives
to clinicians for better health outcomes. Clinical outcomes, such as longer
survival, are too difficult to measure, so pay for performance systems usually
measure process outcomes, such as measuring blood pressure, lowering blood
pressure, or counseling patients to stop smoking.

o Shi, L.
& Singh, D. (2012). Delivering health care in America: A system approach.
(5th. ed.). Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett.