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NJ insurers tie doctors’ payments to quality of care
Much of the alarming growth in U.S. healthcare spending has been blamed on how the system pays the bills, with providers compensated for everything they do for patients, regardless of how that care is affecting their health. That has begun to change in New Jersey, where health insurers are piloting new models tied with incentives for improving the quality of care.
The models include quality and performance metrics and expanding the roles of nurses and other healthcare providers to act as advocates for follow-up and preventive medicine. (Fitzgerald, NJ Spotlight)
