Welcome to the Med-Vantage – Leapfrog Group National Pay for Performance (P4P) and Incentive Survey for 2006. For the 2006 survey, The Leapfrog Group has joined forces with Med-Vantage to broaden the survey to include benefit design and high performance networks. We very much appreciate your willingness to help document the key design issues and trends in P4P and incentive programs. You are contributing to a very important longitudinal data base that began in 2003 and now helps payers, purchasers, providers, and policymakers understand how these programs are evolving over time. We also want to thank our sponsors and endorsers for this year's study (see list of national organizations). Survey participants will receive a complimentary copy of the 2006 survey results when available, which we are pleased to offer as our way of saying thanks. To make the survey completion process as easy as possible, we are pleased to offer you three options: Select 2006 Survey - Web If you want to complete and submit the survey now on line. It takes about 15 minutes or less for each survey choice (P4P or other incentive). Select 2006 Survey - paper/offline Offline - if you want to complete a hard copy of the P4P and incentive survey at your leisure and FAX or mail it to us. Responses to the linked PDF P4P survey files can be entered and faxed to 415-765-7200. Responses can be mailed to: Med-Vantage, Inc. c/o Med-Vantage 2006 P4P National Survey One California Street, Suite 2800 San Francisco, CA 94111 415-765-7106 (questions) 415-765-7200 (fax) Select 2006 Survey - phone If you would like to have a representative from either Leapfrog (consumer and employer incentive survey) or Med-Vantage (P4P survey) call you at a mutually convenient time to take your answers over the phone. Pay for Performance and consumer incentive programs are two of the most important trends in health care today, and they are clearly here to stay. It is important that we understand as much as possible about how different program sponsors are approaching their design work and what seems to be working. We thank you for your contribution to this important area of research. Geof Baker, Chief Executive Officer, Med-Vantage, Inc. Suzanne Delbanco, Chief Executive Officer, The Leapfrog Group ©Copyright 2006-2007. All Rights Reserved. Med-Vantage is a registered trademark of Med-Vantage, Inc.