Comments on: QUALITY: P4P and Quality Incentives Can Hurt Poor, Minority Patients http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/13/quality-p4p-and-quality-incentives-can-hurt-poor-minority-patients/ The Policy Journal of the Health Sphere Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:42 -0500 hourly 1 By: Lifemeanshealth &r**uo; Blog Archive » P4P: Money Talks–But Only Sometimes http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/13/quality-p4p-and-quality-incentives-can-hurt-poor-minority-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-5851 Lifemeanshealth &r**uo; Blog Archive » P4P: Money Talks–But Only Sometimes Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:13:21 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/13/quality-p4p-and-quality-incentives-can-hurt-poor-minority-patients/#comment-5851 [...] P4P mixed results. This Medicaid study is one of several out recently that highlight the mixed results of P4P strategies. HealthBlawg reported earlier this month on a new JAMA study on Medicare’s cardiac care P4P program that “shows no significant improvement in care associated with P4P ‘carrots.’” KevinMD also blogs on the JAMA study, citing the need for “bigger carrots.” And in April, Health Affairs Blog reported on a paper citing concerns that P4P may actually decrease quality for minority and low-income patients. Copyright © 2007 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. All material published on Health Affairs blog, excluding links, is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - No Derivs 2.5 license.Plugin by Taragana [...] [...] P4P mixed results. This Medicaid study is one of several out recently that highlight the mixed results of P4P strategies. HealthBlawg reported earlier this month on a new JAMA study on Medicare’s cardiac care P4P program that “shows no significant improvement in care associated with P4P ‘carrots.’” KevinMD also blogs on the JAMA study, citing the need for “bigger carrots.” And in April, Health Affairs Blog reported on a paper citing concerns that P4P may actually decrease quality for minority and low-income patients. Copyright © 2007 Health Affairs Blog. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. All material published on Health Affairs blog, excluding links, is covered under a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – No Derivs 2.5 license.Plugin by Taragana [...]

]]> By: Health Care BS http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/13/quality-p4p-and-quality-incentives-can-hurt-poor-minority-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 Health Care BS Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:28:37 +0000 http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2007/04/13/quality-p4p-and-quality-incentives-can-hurt-poor-minority-patients/#comment-1996 <strong>Health Care: Government Meddling Hurts Poor People</strong> No matter how well intentioned, government meddling in health care produces unintended consequences for patients. And these consequences are rarely good. For anyone still in denial about that, the Health Affairs blog highlights an article that discusse... Health Care: Government Meddling Hurts Poor People

No matter how well intentioned, government meddling in health care produces unintended consequences for patients. And these consequences are rarely good. For anyone still in denial about that, the Health Affairs blog highlights an article that discusse…

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