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JCAHO offers principles on quality pay
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Dec. 20, 2004
Citing a need for consistency and a desire to see transparent pay-for-performance programs that improve the quality of care, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations recently published a list of principles to guide the development of quality initiatives.
Some of the commission's principles include: a mix of financial and nonfinancial incentives; consistency with national or regional incentive programs to reduce competing measurements; using credible methods to judge physicians; and periodic assessment of not only program goals, but also the clinical effectiveness of the program itself.
The full list of principles is available online link.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/12/20/bibf1220.htm.
