Face the Facts: We Need to Change the Way We Do Pay for Performance

Roberts and colleagues found that the Medicare Value-Based Payment Modifier, which measures quality and costs among physician group practices and provides bonuses or levies penalties accordingly, had no beneficial effect on the quality or cost of care. The editorialists discuss why these findings show us that it is time to abandon stand-alone pay-for-performance programs as an approach to improve care.

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