Pay for Performance: an information paper for Georgia physicians.

PFP is a health plan reimbursement model that compensates physicians for meeting selected quality and efficiency targets and has gained considerable momentum throughout the health care system. Although it is reasonable that physician performance measurement and reporting programs be developed, there is strong question whether current PFP programs meet the rigors of scientific validity. The current tools and methodologies simply fail to measure quality as it links to performance. Physicians are being measured through a faulty system. Therefore, the physician community needs to aggressively support changes to these systems. Although physicians have taken steps to challenge the accuracy and fairness of PFP findings, little change has been evident. Physicians continue to be involved in such programs and are encouraged to use these comments and other articles to assist them in evaluating PFP and other incentive programs.