I hope there is a swift examination of the various allegations of abuse made by former and current detainees in Guantanamo and other US-run prisons, and if they are verified, that the next steps will involve accountability for anyone who has violated the law.
They involve accountability from the group as a whole.
For instance, the president's ideas on education, which involve accountability and charter schools and pay for performance, may please the American public and thus make their way into policy.
We need accountability for change.
By definition, a bundled payment holds the entire provider team accountable for achieving the outcomes that matter to patients for their condition unlike capitation, which involves only loose accountability for patient satisfaction or population-level quality targets.
Accountability involves taking responsibility for giving an account of this identity to the self/organization and others.
There are no limits to the dollars involved, and no accountability for the candidates those dollars are buying.
Most importantly, the code involves no accountability measures yet.
"Certainly, I think if public dollars are involved, there should be accountability for quality," Bartik says.
As with VBP reforms for healthcare providers, implementation of VBP arrangements for medical products might be meaningfully viewed on a spectrum ranging from modest incremental FFS payment adjustments based on expected value, to contracts that involve substantial accountability and risk sharing for health outcomes and total costs for a population of patients.
In operational terms, "accountability involves relationships in which an individual or agency is held to answer for performance and involves some delegation of authority to act" [ 32].
