Whether it’s a payer-specific program, a voluntary initiative or recognition, or a government incentive program, the push to move from pay-for-volume to pay-for-performance is everywhere in healthcare. Most would agree that incentivizing quality is vital to improving our healthcare system, but there is little agreement on the best way to measure and reward quality (and even less standardization…), resulting in a patchwork of overlapping and conflicting programs. Some providers choose to do the bare minimum under quality programs just to avoid payment cuts, but for many specialties and organizations, that approach may leave significant money on the table. To make [...]