Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare

September 2006 Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare In this third report in a series, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee on Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Payment, and Performance Improvement Programs explored the design and implementation of payment rewards for performance in Medicare. The IOM makes recommendations for steps to implement a pay-for-performance (P4P) approach within Medicare. The implications of moving toward P4P are considered as a long-term, multi-payer project. This study is the third in the IOM's Pathways to Quality Health Care series, which offers tools for implementing the vision of improved . . .