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  • Title: Medicare launches financial incentive program to reward hospital quality care.
    Journal: Qual Lett Healthc Lead; 2003 Aug; 15(8):12-6, 1. PubMed ID: 12961835.
    Abstract:
    The pay-for-performance movement received a boost in July when Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced a new Medicare pilot project, which starts October 1, that will use financial incentives to encourage hospitals to provide high-quality care for 35 measures in five clinical areas.
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