Performance Measurement & Pay-for-Performance

Support from the AAFP -- Learn about AAFP liaison activities, and access the Academy’s policy statement on pay for performance (P4P) and criteria for performance measures, and more.

Measure to Improve -- This section provides a collection of tools and a resourceful article to help you measure and improve your practice.

Nationally Recognized Performance Measures for Quality Improvement Activities -- Direct links to the AMA Consortium for Performance Improvement, the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance’s Recommended Starter Set and more.

Certification Programs -- Want to be recognized for improving patient care? Learn about the National Committee on Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Physicians Practice Connections program and the Bridges to Excellence program.

National Demonstration Projects -- Get information on national programs that are shaping the future of health care. Links to the AQA Pilot, Bridges to Excellence, CMS PQRI, DOQ-IT and TransforMED.

Performance Improvement: Accelerating Improvement -- Visit the National Academies Press Web site for a look at one the Institutes of Medicine’s latest reports aimed at improving health care quality. Released in 2006, this report is a product of the Redesigning Health Insurance Performance Measures, Payment, and Performance Improvement Programs project established by the Institutes of Medicine in 2004.