PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Caveney, Brian J.
TI  - Pay-for-Performance Incentives
AID  - 10.18043/ncm.77.4.265
DP  - 2016 Jul 01
TA  - North Carolina Medical Journal
PG  - 265--268
VI  - 77
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/4/265.short
4100  - http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/content/77/4/265.full
SO  - N C Med J2016 Jul 01; 77
AB  - The health care system is slowly evolving from fee-for-service care to other forms of payment. Pay-for-performance contracts based on quality, patient satisfaction, and utilization are an important development along the continuum. The metrics are not perfect and do not always nudge clinicians to improve their performance, but many outcomes are likely to improve.