Pay for Performance
AMA Principles and Guidelines for PFP
At its June 2005 Annual Meeting, The AMA House of Delegates amended and approved the AMA Principles and Guidelines for the formation and implementation of pay-for-performance programs.
Bridges to Excellence Overview (PDF)
This report provides AMA members with information on the components of BTE, offers some participating physician observations and summarizes a cost analysis of their diabetes program. Please relay questions or comments to Steve Ellwing at 312-464-4367 or steve.ellwing@ama-assn.org.
Pay for performance: A Physician's Guide to Evaluating Incentive Plans (PDF)
This resource contains a series of questions and observations that can be useful in looking at common properties of pay for performance and other physician incentive programs. Physicians are encouraged to use this information to evaluate such programs for their potential to improve health care quality and ability to operate in an ethical and fair manner.
Physician Pay For Performance Initiatives (PDF)
This resource takes a dispassionate but critical look at these programs and asks a series of questions about the potential impact that program components can have on patients and physicians. This piece is intended to be informational and does not reflect the official position of the AMA in regards to PFP.
