Medical Economics August 30, 2024
Study examines quality measures per contract and finds there are a lot of them.
Physicians working with value-based payment models are being graded on an average of 57 different quality measures a year, according to a new study.
The quality measures were included in commercial and government insurance plans, with Medicare leading the number, with 15.04 quality measures per contract in 2022, according to “Value-Based Contracting in Clinical Care,” a research letter published this month in JAMA Health Forum.
Are the quality measures a burden on doctors?
“Value-based contracting is intended to incentivize care improvement, but it is unlikely a clinician or practice can reasonably optimize against 50 or more measures at a time,” the study said. “Increased use of...
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