HealthDay News — The most prevalent base compensation incentive element for main care physicians (PCPs) and specialists is volume-primarily based compensation, according to a study published on line Jan. 28 in JAMA Health Forum.

Rachel O. Reid, M.D., from the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California, and colleagues characterized PCP and specialist compensation arrangements amongst U.S. wellness program-affiliated doctor organizations (POs) in a cross-sectional mixed-procedures evaluation of in-depth multimodal information from 31 POs affiliated with 22 chosen wellness systems in 4 states.

The researchers discovered that the most prevalent base compensation incentive element was volume-primarily based compensation for PCPs (26 POs imply, 68.2% of compensation) and specialists (29 POs imply, 73.7% of compensation). Quality and expense overall performance incentives have been prevalent (incorporated by 83.9 to 56.7% of POs for PCPs and specialists, respectively), but only a modest percentage of compensation was primarily based on top quality and expense overall performance (imply, 9. and 5.3% for PCPs and specialists, respectively). The most frequently cited action for physicians to improve compensation was rising the volume of services, which was reported as the best action by 22 POs for PCPs and specialists.

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“For the U.S. health care system to truly realize the potential of value-based payment reform and deliver better value for patients, health systems and provider organizations will likely need to evolve the way that frontline physicians are paid to better align with value,” Reid stated in a statement.

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