Editor’s Note: The post below by Arnold Milstein is published in tandem with the release of Health Affairs’ Sept-Oct. 2008 issue, a thematic volume titled “Overhauling The Delivery System“ that focuses on medical  homes, retail clinics, and other models of health care delivery innovation. Future articles by Milstein will identify the four medical practices he refers to in his post […]

Editor’s Note: Today, The Health Affairs Blog concludes a series of four posts on trends in performance measurement and performance-based payment in health care. The series focuses particularly on the increasing emphasis being placed on measuring and rewarding cost-efficiency. Arnold Milstein (below) and Howard Beckman contribute posts today. Last Thursday, James Robinson and Tom Williams weighed in.
Using the estimation methods published […]