Rethinking criteria for doctors' pay - Los Angeles Times

Rethinking criteria for doctors' pay - Los Angeles Times: "This week [federal officials] . . . announced that California was joining five other states in a project that could eventually lead to national performance standards for physicians. The program would analyze insurance claims filed by Medicare patients as well as by members of the state's three largest commercial insurers, Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross of California and PacifiCare Health Systems. The claims would then be compiled to rate the performance of about 25,000 doctors in the state — nearly the entire doctor population. "