Search results for "Payment models"
Congress needs to rewrite script for fixing payment system
Washington, D.C. is once again playing its own version of the film “Groundhog Day.”.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2008/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2008
Regents offer solutions to primary care shortage
The Board of Regents on Monday approved a policy monograph which offers several solutions to the impending shortage of primary care physicians.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/05/regents2.htm
1 May 2009
Primary care gains ground but pay reform still up in the air
Politicians acknowledge needing more primary care physicians, but paying for it requires support from elected officials and from the College.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2009/06/washington.htm
1 Jun 2009
Political perils of cost control complicate health care reform
Even if health reform passes, the problem of rising costs will not go away. And politicians cannot confront the fundamental issue that Americans can't have all the health care they want.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/01/washington.htm
1 Jan 2010
Change fee for service to another method that reflects quality
Fee-for-service payments need to align incentives with value of services rendered.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/04/washington.htm
1 Apr 2010
Debt deal could hurt programs crucial to internal medicine
Politicians often choose to wait until the absolute last minute to strike a deal on difficult decisions.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2011/09/washington.htm
1 Sep 2011
Hopes and fears abound at National Bundled Payment Summit
Expansion of bundled payments to chronic disease treatment for internists would be complicated, but it's garnering interest. Demonstration projects show that hospitals that reduced the cost of care were able to pay physicians up to an extra 25% of what they would normally earn for their services.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/01/bundled.htm
1 Jan 2012
Changes to a practice also provide personal transformation
The change to a patient-centered medical home model enabled one internist to practice medicine to his fullest extent. The extra income and relaxed atmosphere are added benefits.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2012/03/presidents.htm
1 Mar 2012
Internal medicine residency match results encouraging
The number of U.S. senior medical students choosing categorical internal medicine residencies increased this year for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2013 National Resident Matching Program.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/03/19/1.htm
19 Mar 2013
Physicians view other parties as responsible for reducing costs of health care
Physicians believe other parties, including trial lawyers, health insurance companies, and hospitals and health systems, bear greater responsibility than they do for reducing health care costs, according to a recent survey.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/30/1.htm
30 Jul 2013