BNET -- The value of pay for performance, like much else, is in the eye of the beholder. In a survey of 66 health plans, including Aetna, WellPoint, and Blue Cross Blue Shield plans across the U.S., 56 percent of the insurers said that clinical quality improved in 2008 among physicians participating in pay for performance (P4P) programs. That was a big jump compared with the 37 percent of survey respondents who said quality had improved in 2006. Also, 39 percent of the plans said investment in health IT rose among participating physicians, compared with 14 percent two years earlier.
