IHA In The News

May 3, 2010
Tying it together: Bundled payment projects proceed, with some snags
Modern Healthcare (Jennifer Lubell) - subscription required

May 3, 2010
California Hospitals and Health Plans to Test Bundled Payments
California Healthfax, Volume 17, Number 17 (Doug Desjardins)

April 24, 2010
Healthcare providers experiment with lump sum pricing
Los Angeles Times (Duke Helfand)

April 5, 2010
Payment reform initiatives must get creative, experts say
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)

April 1, 2010
P4P summit debates merits of global capitation
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)

October 7, 2009
Blue Shield pay California doctors $29.6M in 2009 performance bonuses
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber)

September 28, 2009
P4P Awards Go To State's 48 Top Performing Physician Groups
California Healthfax, Volume 16, no. 34 (John Leighty)  

September 2009
Measurement Of And Reward For Efficiency In California's Pay For Performance Program

James C. Robinson, Thomas Williams, and Dolores Yanagihara, Health Affairs, September/October 2009; 28(5): 1438-1447.  

August 31, 2009
State's P4P Program Exposes Regional Health Disparities
California Healthfax, Volume 16, no. 31 (John Leighty)

August 26, 2009
P4P report shows that IT helps bridge quality gaps
Modern Healthcare Online (Rebecca Vesely)
Note: viewing online article requires subscription to Modern Healthcare Online.

July 27, 2009
California's trailblazing Pay for Performance initiative
California Healthfax, Volume 16, no. 26 (John Leighty)

July 17, 2009
Calif. P4P Program Sees IT Improvements: Report
Modern Healthcare Online (Rebecca Vesely)
Note: viewing online article requires subscription to Modern Healthcare Online.

July 7, 2009
Overhaul of medical care payments debated
Ventura County Star (Tom Kisken)

April 3, 2009
Payer P4P programs gain traction
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)

March 2009
AHIP's Innovations in Recognizing and Rewarding Quality
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Innovations Monograph, March 2009

January 22, 2009
P4P Program Expands Focus to Include Cost Measurements             
Health Leaders InterStudy - California Health Plan Analysis (Chris Lewis)

May 29, 2008
Efficiency Measurement in P4P: Moving from Alchemy to Science
Blog (Tom Williams), Health Affairs, Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:49 pm

May 29, 2008
Pay for Performance: From Quality to Value
Blog (James C. Robinson), Health Affairs, Thursday, May, 2008 at 12:39 pm

May 22, 2008
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $12.3 Million: Community Clinics and Domestic Violence Shelters Top List of Recipients
Blue Shield of California Foundation (Press Release)
 
May 21, 2008
Study notes impact of device costs on profits
Modern Healthcare Online (Shawn Rhea)
 
April 1, 2008
Standards debated for P4P program
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)
 
March 3, 2008

Medical Groups Get $65M In Pay-For-Performance Bonuses: California awards highlighted at national P4P summit
California Healthfax, Volume 15, no.  9 (John Leighty)
 
February 27, 2008
California health insurers boost doctor bonus payments by $10M to $65M  
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber)
 
February 27, 2008

Doctors get $10M bump in bonus payments
Sacramento Business Journal (Chris Rauber)
 
February 24, 2008
Pay for Performance movement is spreading in health care, but studies
show mixed results

San Diego Union-Tribune (Keith Darce)
 
February 19, 2008
Interview with Tom Williams on P4P Yields Incremental Results
and Outcomes Based ROI

Digital Healthcare & Productivity (Cynthia Atoji)