Pay for Performance (P4P): The Process and Its Evolution

• Current Reimbursement System
• Pay For Performance (Surgical Care Improvement Project; Physician Voluntary Reporting Program; AMA/Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement; Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance and Surgical Quality Alliance; Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative; Carotid Stenting Reimbursement)
• Measuring Outcomes (SVS Carotid Stenting and Endarterectomy Registry)
• Funding
• Concerns, Conclusions, and Recommendations
• References

^{Reprinted from Journal of Vascular Surgery, Volume 44, Number 4, October 2006, Anton M. Sidawy, MD, MPH, Washington, D.C., "Pay for Performance: The process and its evolution," 892-902, Copyright 2006, with permission from The Society for Vascular Surgery.}

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