P4P in Physician Group Practice

CMS recently published interim findings on the use of Information Technology to achieve measurable improvements in the quality of care for patients with chronic diseases. They have 29 measures for Diabetes, Coronary Artery Disease, CHF and preventative care. The results are very strong; the participating practices consistently achieved improvements. In the first year, all the practices achieved benchmark or target performance on at least 7 out of 10 diabetes clinical quality measures. Similar results are posted for subsequent years.

Other bloggers have written about it as well.

Having the data available really works; the trick is to get people to recognize that the pain of implementation and the challenge of change are worth it.