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Abstract

A method for rewarding providers who are parts of virtual teams may permit a payer to establish practice goals, clinical goals, cost containment goals, or other goals by rewarding outcomes deemed to be beneficial by the payer, providers, or both. Providers may participate in one or more member management objects, which may be software that define provider and patient goals and a set of rewards for achieving the provider and patient goals. Subscribing to a member management object may reward providers with bonus payments when a provider goal is met, which may be met by achieving patient goals. The patient goals may be defined in the member management object, and may relate to medical practices, including procedures performed, procedures not performed, clinical results, lab and other test results, diagnoses, referrals, and cost objectives. By subscribing to member management objects, providers may become parts of virtual teams of providers, each virtual team rendering services for one patient. Provider team members may be able to view the other virtual team members, the past services rendered by the other virtual team members, and the results of the services provided by the other virtual team members.

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