Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR)
Scoring Payment Reform in the Garden State
Two numbers struck me after reading Catalyst for Payment Reform’s New Jersey Scorecard: 80 and 20. In our state’s commercial market, the share of total dollars paid to specialists (outpatient and inpatient) is 80 percent compared with just 20 percent to primary care providers. The national figures are only slightly better: 75 and 25 percent….Read More…
NJ Upends How Doctors Get Paid, So Why Do Vaccination, C-section Rates Lag?
Published on Asbury Park Press.com. New Jersey doctors and hospitals are increasingly paid based on quality, but patients aren’t getting the care they need to prevent illnesses and bigger bills down the road, a report released Tuesday said. Despite incentives to promote good health, the report by Catalyst for Payment Reform found New Jersey has fewer vaccinations, more C-section deliveries and…Read More…
52% of Commercial Payments to Doctors and Hospitals in the Garden State Now Tied to Value
New scorecard finds overwhelming majority of payments are still based on fee-for-service PRINCETON, NJ – September 25, 2018 – Over half of the health care payments (52%) paid to doctors and hospitals in New Jersey by the private sector contain incentives to improve the cost and quality of care patients receive. However, a closer examination of these value-oriented…Read More…