42% of Physicians Report Not Participating in a Pay-For-Performance Program

Forty-two percent of physicians report that their practice is not participating in a pay-for-performance program, according to the “2013 Physician Sentiment Index,” by Epocrates and athenahealth.

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The report includes responses from 1,200 physicians, 30 percent of whom are primary care physicians and 76 percent of whom are specialists.

 

When asked how many pay-for-performance programs their practices were participating in, respondents reported the following:

 

•    None — 42 percent
•    1 to 2 — 23 percent
•    3 to 4 — 6 percent
•    More than 4 — 3 percent
•    I don’t know — 26 percent

 

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