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PHYSICIANS: AMA Won't Say 'A-OK' To Any Substandard P4P
Physicians set 'principles' that will guide P4P decisions.Pay-For-Performance anxiety dominated the American Medical Association's House of Delegates meeting June 18-22 in Chicago. The delegates voted for a resolution stating that the AMA won't support any P4P program that doesn't meet the AMA's P4P principles. The updated P4P principles now state that:
payers should pilot-test any P4P program before rolling it out;
physicians shouldn't suffer for factors beyond their control; and
physicians from relevant specialties should have input into any P4P program.
Also, the AMA argues that physician participation in P4P programs should be voluntary...
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