Payment for quality: Guiding principles and recommendations : Principles and recommendations from the American Heart Association's reimbursement, coverage, and access policy development workgroup

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 113; no. 8; pp. 1151 - 1154
• Main Authors: BUFALINO, Vincent, PETERSON, Eric D, KRUMHOLZ, Harlan M, BURKE, Gregory L, LABRESH, Kenneth A, JONES, Daniel W, FAXON, David P, VALADEZ, Adolfo M, BRASS, Lawrence M, FULWIDER, Valere B, SMITH, Renee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 28.02.2006
• Subjects: American Heart Association; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Diseases of the lymphatic vessels; Diseases of the peripheral vessels. Diseases of the vena cava. Miscellaneous; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Medical sciences; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Reimbursement Mechanisms; Treatment Outcome; Human; quality of health care; American; patients; Cardiovascular disease; payment for health care; delivery of health care; Recommendation; AHA Scientific Statements
• ISSN: 0009-7322; 1524-4539
• DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.171760

Payment-for-quality programs are emerging in the wake of rising healthcare costs and a demonstrated need for quality improvement in healthcare delivery in the United States. These programs, also known as "pay-for-performance" or "pay-for-value" programs, attempt to realign financial incentives with the quality of care delivered. The American Heart Association's Reimbursement, Coverage, and Access Policy Development Workgroup provides in this statement a set of principles and recommendations for the development, implementation, and evaluation of these programs. The statement also suggests future areas for research around the realignment of financial incentives to improve both the quality of care delivered and patient outcomes.