Why Pay-For-Performance in Medical Practice Won’t Work
May 24, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy
In fact, it’s likely to make things worse.
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How Greed Makes for Bad Doctors
May 21, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy, Medical Ethics
The study of motivation in economic rewards models provides us a framework by which to look at how greed and the drive to maximize profit leads to more expensive and poorer quality health care.
The Future of Primary Care Compensation?
May 17, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Medicine
Paying primary care physicians per patient visit and per office service is really, basically, very stupid.
Massachusetts to Force Doctors to Accept Lower Rates or Lose License
April 16, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy
What the hell is going on in Massachusetts?
“Where’s My Free Obama Care?”
April 9, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy
Still waiting for your Obama check to arrive in the mail? Keep waiting.
Why Health Care Reform Will Cause More ER Overcrowding
April 8, 2010 in Health Care "Reform"
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is going to enable millions of additional patients to enter into community health care systems that are already poorly designed, underfunded, and overcrowded.
Let the 21% Medicare Pay Cut Stand!
April 6, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy
Given the political difficulty in fixing the perpetual 21% Medicare pay cut, maybe a few million angry voters will help things.
Medicare Does NOT Pay For Preventive Care
March 27, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy
With all the talk about preventive care and coordination of care during the current health reform efforts, you would think that this would have been one of the primary measures in the recent legislation. You’d be wrong.
Top 9 Criticisms of Concierge Medicine
March 12, 2010 in Health Care "Reform"
Many liberals have a knee-jerk reaction conniption fit when asked about concierge medicine: “Only the rich will be able to afford concierge care” and the end result will be that “fewer doctors will see fewer patients”.
Concierge Medicine: How to Escape From a Dysfunctional Medical System
March 9, 2010 in Health Care "Reform", Health Policy
How can patients and primary care providers escape from a system that is way underfunded and way overloaded? It requires a paradigm shift in the way we reimburse primary care physicians. Hint. Gym memberships are way ahead of the curve here.
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