Open AccessEngaging Frontline Physicians in Value Improvement: A Qualitative Evaluation of Physician-Directed Reinvestment
Author(s) -
Stacie Vilendrer,
Alexis Amano,
Steven M. Asch,
Cati BrownJohnson,
Amy C. Lu,
Paul M. Maggio
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of healthcare leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-3201
DOI - 10.2147/jhl.s335763
Subject(s) - incentive , health care , salary , qualitative research , incentive program , population , qualitative property , medicine , autonomy , family medicine , business , nursing , psychology , environmental health , political science , social science , machine learning , sociology , computer science , law , economics , microeconomics
Physicians can limit upward trending healthcare costs, yet legal and ethical barriers prevent the use of direct financial incentives to engage physicians in cost-reduction initiatives. Physician-directed reinvestment is an alternative value-sharing arrangement in which a health system reinvests a portion of savings attributed to physician-led cost reduction initiatives back into professional areas of the physicians' choosing. Formal evaluations of such programs are lacking.