Linking quality care to compensation

The National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) created a video for physicians and hospital administrators that explains the basics of value-based purchasing. The video focuses on the shift from fee-for-service models to efforts to reward quality care and improved outcomes, and how registries can help measure and achieve those goals.

 

 


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