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COPYRIGHT 2005 International Medical News Group
WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is experimenting with "pay-for-performance" programs, and observers say it looks as if the agency is really serious about it this time.
"This is not the first time that CMS has come around saying they wanted to pay for performance," Denis Cortese, M.D., said at a health care congress sponsored by the Wall Street Journal and CNBC. "It's the third time that we've been involved in that in 10 years. The other two faded away. This one looks real ... and I think Congress is interested in seeing something happen. [But] whether...
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