Physicians who provide care to Medicare patients with chronic conditions will have an incentive to do more paperwork. The Kaiser Network reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin a three-year pilot program that will pay physicians to report quality of care data. An excerpt:
The three-year program will begin next year in 800 small- or medium-sized practices in Arkansas, California, Massachusetts and Utah. During the first year, physicians will be paid for reporting data on quality measures. In subsequent years, doctors will be eligible for annual performance-based bonuses of $10,000 per physician and up to $50,000 per medical practice.
