Pay-for-Performance

As the referring physician, you will not be reimbursed directly for your patients who have LAP-BAND^® System surgery.

For more information about P4P programs:

P4P Quality Measures
American College of Physicians: Quality Improvement, Pay-for-Performance, and Practice Redesign
www.acponline.org/quality/index.html

How Does Your Practice Measure Up? Data Collection and Performance Measurement
www.aafp.org/fpm/20060700/59howd.html

Pay for Performance
www.himss.org/content/files/PayForPerformance.pdf

Pay for Performance: Physician Reimbursement Methodologies
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14416.html

Pay for Performance (P4P) Primer
www.americangeriatrics.org/policy/2006p4p_primer.shtml

Point/Counterpoint on Pay for Performance
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/528570

Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare
www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11723