Health Payment Reform and Outcomes Measurement: Interview with Norbert Goldfield, MD.
Norbert Goldfield, MD, one of the nation’s top healthcare thought leaders, describes innovations in outcomes-based payment of physicians, hospitals, and other providers.  Robust, data-driven systems providing timely, actionable information are essential to replacing traditional, inefficient fee-for-service reimbursement with outcomes-based, analytically sound payment models that align provider finances with clinical and economic performance. In an information-packed interview with Kip Piper, Dr. Goldfield discusses advances in linking reimbursement to patient outcomes.  

A passionate, influential, and engaging expert on payment reform and outcomes measurement, Dr. Norbert Goldfield is medical director for 3M Health Information Systems.  For over 20 years he has implemented payment systems linked to quality and outcomes.  Most recently, he has worked on practical implementation of payment systems and analytics for episodes of illness, for medical homes, and reduction of hospital readmissions and preventable hospital complications.  Dr. Goldfield is a practicing physician, board-certified in internal medicine, a popular speaker, and editor of the peer reviewed Journal of Ambulatory Care Management.

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