2014
Hospital Cardiovascular Outcome Measures in Federal Pay-for-Reporting and Pay-for-Performance Programs
Spivack SB, Bernheim SM, Forman HP, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Hospital Cardiovascular Outcome Measures in Federal Pay-for-Reporting and Pay-for-Performance Programs. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2014, 7: 627-633. PMID: 25205787, PMCID: PMC4415521, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.114.001364.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Opening of Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Use of Coronary Revascularization in Medicare Beneficiaries
Nallamothu BK, Rogers MA, Chernew ME, Krumholz HM, Eagle KA, Birkmeyer JD. Opening of Specialty Cardiac Hospitals and Use of Coronary Revascularization in Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA 2007, 297: 962-968. PMID: 17341710, DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.9.962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryCardiac Care FacilitiesCardiology Service, HospitalCatchment Area, HealthCoronary Artery BypassHealth Care SurveysHealth Services Needs and DemandHospitals, GeneralHumansLinear ModelsMedicareMyocardial RevascularizationPractice Patterns, Physicians'Program DevelopmentReimbursement, IncentiveUnited StatesUtilization ReviewConceptsHospital referral regionsPopulation-based ratesSpecialty cardiac hospitalsCardiac hospitalTotal revascularizationCoronary revascularizationGeneral HospitalMedicare beneficiariesCardiac programAnnual population-based ratesAcute myocardial infarctionCost-efficient careMyocardial infarctionAdjusted ratesRevascularizationReferral regionsProcedure utilizationHospitalCABGPCIPatientsLinear regression modelsRegression modelsRelative increaseHealth care market
2006
American College of Cardiology 2006 Principles to Guide Physician Pay-for-Performance Programs A Report of the American College of Cardiology Work Group on Pay for Performance (A Joint Working Group of the ACC Quality Strategic Direction Committee and the ACC Advocacy Committee)
Brush JE, Krumholz HM, Wright JS, Brindis RG, Cacchione JG, Drozda JP, Fasules JW, Flood KB, Garson A, Masoudi FA, McBride T, McKay CR, Messer JV, Mirro MJ, O’Toole M, Peterson ED, Schaeffer JW, Valentine CM. American College of Cardiology 2006 Principles to Guide Physician Pay-for-Performance Programs A Report of the American College of Cardiology Work Group on Pay for Performance (A Joint Working Group of the ACC Quality Strategic Direction Committee and the ACC Advocacy Committee). Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 48: 2603-2609. PMID: 17174211, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.10.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiologyFees, MedicalHumansQuality Assurance, Health CareReimbursement, IncentiveSocieties, MedicalUnited States