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(or How to Make P4P Pay 4U!)

Rodney A. Hayward, MD
Ann Arbor, Michigan
rhayward@umich.edu

David M. Kent, MD, MS
Boston, Massachusetts

JAMA. 2008;300(3):255-256.

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Pay for Performance is upon us! Already, the naysayers have begun declaring how terrible this will be for doctors. As a primary care physician, perhaps you believe that, given the myriad urgent demands and financial challenges of primary care, dealing with new paperwork and regulations will be difficult, if not impossible. Thankfully, this is not the case! In fact, winning the pay-for-performance game is actually quite easy and can also be a lot of fun!

All you need to do is follow our 6 EZ steps to improving your performance measures so that your overseers can enjoy the brand of health care they so earnestly desire.

Step 1: Learn to Love Your Performance Measures
The first and most important step in the P4P game is to embrace your performance measures. Remember, the guiding rule in developing performance measures is to "Measure . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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