Michael Counte, PhD, professor, and
Steven Howard, PhD, associate professor and director of the MHA and Executive MHA programs in the Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice co-authored “Global Advances in Value-Based Payment and Their Implications for Global Health Management Education, Development, and Practice.”
The paper, published in
Frontiers in Public Health, describes the globally acknowledged need for incentive-based organizational performance and relevant implications for health care management education and practice. It also outlines the major rationale underlying Value-Based Payment or Pay for Performance health policy initiatives and their basic elements.
Additional co-authors include Larry Chang, PhD, Taipei Beitou Hospital; and
William Aaronson, PhD, Chair, Department of Health Services Administration and Policy, Temple University.