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Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Holding Caregivers Accountable
Payers for health services have attempted to restructure payment methodologies to align provider incentives with the production of efficient and quality care. Accountable care organizations are the latest iteration of this trend. Section 3022 of the new health reform law Continue Reading …
Lessons from the Dutch 2.0
As we have discussed in a prior review, Dutch passed health reform in 2005 the making major changes to the insurance market in that country. Pre-reform, the Dutch system was a mix of public and private systems. The public system covered the Continue Reading …
Creating New Payment Strategies in Medicare
Traditional fee-for-service payments for health care services are inefficient and reward volume over quality. Likewise, the separate payments for outpatient, acute care, and subacute care do not promote coordination of services. Among the many changes created by the Patient Protection Continue Reading …
CHC’s Deliver Quality
Yet another study demonstrates that it is not the location where a patient sees their doctor, but rather the relationship between the physician and the patient that influences the quality of care delivered. Community Health Centers (CHCs) are more likely Continue Reading …
Re-designing the practice of Medicine
The traditional model of medical practice, where a solo physician controls the management decisions of his or her patients, is slowly yielding to a more collaborative and patient-centered model. Or is it? The general practice of medicine in the United Continue Reading …