This course provides information on the types of bonus and incentive payments physicians may encounter, and the pros and cons of different arrangements. The course will cover:

• Why employers use bonuses and incentives, and whether or not they are effective. Also discusses other non-financial physician incentives.
• How collections-based incentives work for individual physicians or physician groups.
• Why Relative Value Units have become the most common metric for incentive payments.
• Quality-based incentives; the elements of quality incentives, including patient satisfaction and other metrics.
• Building an incentive and bonus package; determining the appropriate percentage of pay; how attainable it should be; consideration of Stark concerns.