Changes to health plan payment policies encourage accountability to improve clinical performance to a much greater extent than ever before.
Bundled payments include clear accountability for outcomes and will penalize poor-quality providers.
As provider experience grows, bundled payments will expand accountability and lead to even greater improvements.
Our 'no homelessness' policy provides a sustainable response to the need to take action for non-payment, giving tenants accountability for managing their housing costs but the freedom from fear that they will be homeless as a consequence of the bedroom tax.
The F.D.I.C. would have to take a recorded vote on such payments, in the name of accountability, and the payments could be recouped if the money recovered from the firm was ultimately insufficient to pay back any temporary government lending to help liquidate the company.
Statements by top Chinese officials about the next phase of health reforms beginning in 2012 also emphasize the importance of encouraging private participation in health service delivery, as well as continuing to strengthen primary care and link payment to measures of accountability and performance.
Acknowledging that this sector is more prone to large-scale corruption, these initiatives promote payment transparency, foster corporate accountability, and support financial reform.
Another measure, designed for greater accountability, requires payments for reconstruction aid to go through local banks rather than through state agencies.
But in accordance with our findings, Davis [ 17] pointed out that the problem with bundled payments lies in assigning accountability for care across different settings and over time.
However, recent evolution of financing mechanisms for chronic disease care has increased the focus toward greater population-based accountability through capitated payment models.
Many families - whether divorced or never married - are turning toward child support-specific programs or just general budgeting programs to provide accountability and track payments.
