Pay-for-performance guidelines

A health insurer shall not require a physician, as a condition of contracting, to participate in any financial or reimbursement incentive program, commonly referred to as pay-for-performance programs, unless such program meets the principles and guidelines for pay-for-performance programs endorsed by the national quality forum and adopted by the AQA Alliance or the hospital quality alliance, or similar principles and guidelines for pay-for-performance programs approved by the office of the health insurance commissioner.