Business
Physician incentive program expands
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted June 21, 2004
Bridges to Excellence, the employer-sponsored effort to reward physicians for providing high-quality care, has expanded to include a new city and to make one bonus initiative more comprehensive.
In addition to rewarding doctors for quality care in Boston, Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky., the program will also recognize physicians in the Albany, N.Y., area.
It also has expanded and tweaked its Physician Office Link program, which offers an annual bonus for adopting information technology systems that help manage patient care.
Practices can earn up to $50 per patient by demonstrating that they have implemented certain electronic systems for managing care for all of their patients.
The project, which is sponsored by large employers such as General Electric, Verizon Communications and Ford Motor Co., also includes bonus payment initiatives for diabetes and cardiac care.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/06/21/bibf0621.htm.
