Recruiting
Phase 3

Pay for Performance

Sponsor:

University of Virginia

Code:

NCT01590290

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Heart Failure

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

financial compensation

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine if a pay for performance model in contrast to the traditional "fee for service" model may improve the number of patients discharged being treated in accordance with Joint Commission on Health Care JCAHO (a non-for profit organization that accredits health care organizations) standards and standard of care for management of hyperlipidemia

In this study the investigators will evaluate these two models by training resident physicians (doctors in training) on JCAHO core measures and specific criteria related to accepted standard of care for acute myocardial infarction and heart failure. The physicians will be randomized to a pay for performance or a fee for service model. Then a medical record review will be performed on patient records that received a discharge diagnosis of myocardial infarction or heart failure and were cared for by the physician subjects

Conditions

Myocardial Infarction

Heart Failure

Study ID

NCT01590290

Start date

Apr, 2012

Status verified date

Apr, 2012

Primary completion date

Apr, 2013

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Physician inclusion: Resident physician on the Acute Cardiology Service, the Coronary Care Unit, or the General Medicine Service at the University of Virginia
  • Patient inclusion: discharge diagnosis of heart failure or myocardial infarction.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Residents that are part of the study team

Study Design

Enrollment

38 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: pay for performance

no intervention: no pay for performance

Interventions

financial compensation

financial monetary reimbursement

Primary outcome measure

  • compliance with composite pay for performance measure [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

University of Virginia

Recruiting

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22902

Contacts

Robert C Schutt, MD

434-924-0000rob.schutt@virginia.edu

Principal Investigator:

Robert C Schutt, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Virginia

Last update posted

May 2, 2012

Last verified

Apr, 2012

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Virginia on 2012-05-02.