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Health Policy/Reform
AARP On the Fence About Care Coordination Roles
Just in case this particular item hasn’t yet reached the top of your own to read pile, let me bring to your attention recent testimony to the Senate Finance Committee on Medicare Payment of Physician Services.
The testimony was presented on March 1 by Byron Thames, MD, an AARP Board member. With over 35 million members, AARP is the leading nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and over in the United States.
Here are my take-away points from Dr. Thames […]
Porter/Teisberg JAMA Article: Out-of-the-Box or Out-of-Touch?
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and reality. In reality, there is.” Yogi Bera
Out-of-the-box thinking is good; out-of-touch thinking is not. Dr. Porter and Teisberg’s (PT’s) recent article in JAMA “How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care” is disappointing, unrealistic and dangerous.
Disappointing: Please Answer the Challenges About Why Your Theory isn’t Workable
Unrealistic: Money Does Matter a Lot
Dangerous: Measuring Process in Health Care Does Add Value
What’s so seductive about their writing is that about 90% […]
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