Prometheus Group Inc. says it has developed a way to pay doctors and other providers based partly on whether patients receive the right amount and type of care.
Health policy experts formed Prometheus, Newtown, Conn., in an effort to update provider compensation methods.
Prometheus has dubbed its proposed solution the Evidence-Based Case Rates system.
"An ECR is a payment rate that establishes the total amount to be paid to all providers to care for a patient through an entire episode of care according to what the evidence says is the best protocol in clinical practice guidelines," according to Prometheus organizers.
