Physician Reimbursement

Making Sense of Health Care Reform

Dr. Ralph Snyderman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Physician-Reimbursement, Chronic Disease, Prevention, Universal Health Care, Medicare, Medicaid, System Integration, Health Care, Medicine, Healthcare Reform, Living News
Dr. Ralph Snyderman

Getting health care reform right requires a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of how health care is delivered today and how to make it better. This understanding starts with a real story about James.

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So it Begins -- the August Attack on Health Care Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Aliens, Public Health Insurance Plan, Physician-Reimbursement, End of Life Consultations, Acorn, Private Health Insurance, Mandates, Health Reform Attacks, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, Individual Mandate, Medicare, Medicaid, Health Reform, Health Benefits, Advance Directives, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

I received a mass email that exhorted the recipients to pray because of the disaster to befall on us if health care reform is passed. I went through every charge and answered it.

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Reforming Not Only How We Pay Physicians, but How Much We Pay Them

Peter A. Ubel | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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Peter A. Ubel

Because of our strange reimbursement system, many primary care physicians receive more money performing a five-minute skin biopsy than they do conducting an hour-long history and physical.

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Long-Term Thinking About Future Health: Seven Trends That Should Concern Us

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts Health Reform, Physician Reimbursement, Transhumanism, Primary Care, Climate Change, Futurism, Health, Superbugs, Health Economics, Medicaid, Underutilization, Medicare, Health Reform, Global Warming, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Seven current healthcare trends include doctors leaving the public system, a shortfall in primary care, underutilization of medical treatment, "superbugs," virtual health care, climate change, and radical self-redesign and enhancement.

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