Pay for Performance Pros and Cons for Histotechnicians – Part One
Because the cost of healthcare has gotten quite high there are many payers who have started to use pay for performance systems to decrease costs and improve patient care. This is done by paying those facilities who use certain proven clinical practices more to do so. Those facilities who do not stick to proven clinical practices will be paid less. One plan which is pending before Congress suggests a cut from two to five percent in the reimbursement to facilities which can be earned back in the form of a bonus if the facility meets the pay for performance standards. It is theorized that by using this system there will be less unnecessary tests ordered.
Histotechnicians and other laboratory technicians will see the effects of these pay for performance systems directly because they work in labs who actually provide the evidence about what clinical practices provide the best results.
The good things about pay for performance is that there is already research available that shows that these systems do actually improve the quality of patient care. Histotechnicians can feel more job satisfaction knowing that patients are being treated better and knowing that their tests, which are often processed by histotechnicians, will show more useful results. The facilities for whom these histotechnicians work are benefiting too, because they are being given bonuses for using the pay for performance system.
Check back soon for part two of this blog. Part two will discuss the cons of the pay for performance system and how the pay for performance system could negatively impact histotechnicians directly.
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