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Guidance for structuring team-based incentives in healthcare.

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: New payment methods designed to incentivize more efficient care delivery are accelerating the movement of healthcare providers into organized provider groups. More efficient healthcare delivery requires explicit structuring of care delivery processes around teams of clinicians working toward common patient care goals. Provider organizations accepting new payment methods will need to design and implement compensation systems that provide incentives for team-based care. While lessons from studies performed both outside and inside healthcare provide some guidance on designing and implementing team-based incentives, organized delivery systems face several significant barriers to accomplishing this.

Source: PubMed

Authors: Daniel M Blumenthal, Zirui Song, Anupam B Jena, Timothy G Ferris

Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Policy and Management

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute on Aging

Award: Provider Payment Reform and Implications for Health Care Costs