Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Quality
Revising Physician Reimbursement
The Society of General Internal Medicine provides 12 recommendations for reforming payment of physicians. It is commonly thought that the best way to abort the meteoric rise in health care costs is to move toward reimbursing quality and away from Continue Reading …
The Dao of Disclosure
What would cure the malpractice crisis? Health courts, superfunds, damages caps? What about simple honesty? Medical malpractice litigation is a major source of angst, expense, and inefficiency in health care. An article in a recent edition of Milbank Quarterly examined Continue Reading …
Physician Report Cards are Flawed
Many people wish to compare doctors against each other across quality metrics. However, report cards are flawed. Americans have been concerned about the quality of their health care in recent decades. As part of the process to inform patients about Continue Reading …
Should hospitals profit from surgical complications?
Dr. Andrew Gonzalez spoke on the David Pakman show regarding new research about surgical complications and hospital profits. Listen to the short video or read the original article at JAMA. Eappen, S. et al. JAMA. 2013 Apr 17; 309 (15): 1599-606.
P4P: One review to rule them all
The body of literature remains mixed on P4P programs. Evidence that it is overtly effective remains elusive but would be so…precious…to policy makers. Pay for performance (P4P) continues to expand as a way to incentivize health care quality and efficiency Continue Reading …
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