What is PROMETHEUS Payment?
Rewarding excellence, controlling costs: a realistic blueprint for fundamental change
Everyone knows the U.S. must transform the way it pays for health care. The question, of course, is how. We believe PROMETHEUS Payment® is the model that best addresses the full range of issues that can drive profound long-term, system-wide improvements. This model:
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By bringing economic incentives in line with the medical profession's strong desire to improve patient health, PROMETHEUS creates an environment where doing the right things for patients helps providers and insurers do well financially. And it does this without introducing new administrative burdens, or changing the way patients access care.
P.R.O.M.E.T.H.E.U.S.:
Provider Payment Reform for Outcomes, Margins, Evidence, Transparency Hassle-reduction, Excellence, Understandability and Sustainability