2006/04/01 by Steven B. Leichter · 8 citations
Health Professions · Medicine · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Primary Care and Health Outcomes #Chronic Disease Management Strategies #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Medicine #Diabetes mellitus #Intensive care medicine #Family medicine #Endocrinology
paper · pdf · doi:10.2337/diaclin.24.2.56
published in Clinical Diabetes 24(2), 56-59 (American Diabetes Association)
openalex publication_date 2006/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/19
There is a growing sentiment to tiephysician performance in the careof certain key disorders to insur-ance reimbursement.1 Diabetes is one of those disease states. This concept is not only being advocated for Medicare ben-eficiaries, but also is being considered for many private health insurance con-tracts.2 Because private insurers are encouraged to offer Medicare benefici-aries alternative insurance plans,1 there is no reason to believe that so-called “pay-for-performance ” plans will not be included in the insurance contracts for these Medicare alternatives. If pay for performance becomes a widespread con-cept in health insurance, there is no