Pay-for-performance programs (a form of value-based care) are supposed to improve patient care, but a new JAMA study suggests that one hypertension control incentive might be making the numbers look better while actually increasing hospitalizations. In an effort to evaluate pay-for-performance, researchers compared outcomes across 334k patients at 103 primary care practices before and after […] The post Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Pay Off in Results appeared first on Cardiac Wire .