RAND Corporation 2022 Study Published in JAMA A study conducted by the RAND Corporation and published in the January 2022 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) seeking to determine whether health systems primarily incentivize volume or value in their physician compensation models found that almost all physicians are still compensated through a volume-based model that rewards productivity over the value of care provided. This article summarizes the results of the study. A study conducted by the RAND Corporation and published in the January 2022 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) seeking to…
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Pay-for-Performance Provisions are a “Triumph of Theory Over Experience,” Writes Bill Keller in “Carrots for Doctors.” “Pay for performance, or P4P in the jargon, is embraced by right and left. It has long been the favorite egghead prescription for our absurdly overpriced, underperforming health care system. The logic . . . If only it worked,” writes former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, here writing for the Times’ opinion page. More: