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Primum Non Nocere: Congress’s Inadequate Medicare Physician Payment Fix

Editor's note: You can read other perspectives on the Medicare physician payment reform pending in Congress in Health Affairs and Health Affairs Blog ( here , here and here ). Partisan gridlock in Washington regarding health policy has been so pervasive...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2014 6:12 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Consumers, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, Medicare, Workforce, Quality

A Policy Dialogue On Connected Health

Editor's note: In addition to Janet Marchibroda (photo and linked bio above), this post was coauthored by Chris Fleming, Health Affairs Blog Editor. What is telehealth or “connected health”? What is driving the use of connected health and what are...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2013 6:11 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health Care Costs, States, Medicare, Workforce, Access, Quality, Hospitals, Technology, Nurses, Research, Connected Health

Medicare Physician Payment Reform: The Bipartisan Congressional Proposal And How To Strengthen It

Note: In addition to Mark McClellan (photo and linked bio above), this post is coauthored by John O’Shea, a Visiting Scholar at the Engelberg Center for Health Reform at the Brookings Institution, and Erica Socker, a Research Analyst there. The post is...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2013 11:35 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Workforce, Quality

Medicare Physician Payment Reform: An Analysis Of The New Congressional Proposal

On October 31, 2013 the House Ways & Means and Senate Finance Committees unveiled a bicameral and bipartisan press release and Discussion Draft of a proposal to repeal the SGR (sustainable growth rate) update to professional fees and replace it with...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2013 9:47 AM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Payment, Physicians, Health IT, Health Care Costs, Spending, Medicare, Workforce, Quality

Rethinking The Value Of Medical Services

One of American politics’ most disingenuous conceits is that health care must cost what we currently pay. Another is that the only way to make it cost less is to deny care. It has been in industry executives’ financial interests to perpetuate...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 12:08 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Policy, Politics, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, Medicare, Workforce

Stifling Primary Care: Why Does CMS Continue To Support The RUC?

Editor’s Note: In addition to Brian Klepper and Paul Fischer (photos and bios above), this article is authored by Kathleen Anne Behan, a skilled trial and corporate lawyer who provides advice to a range of individual and corporate clients. She has...

Published Tue, May 05 2011 1:05 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: Policy, Payment, Physicians, Primary Care, Spending, Medicare, Workforce, Quality

An Interview With Thomas Russell

Editor’s Note: Below is the transcript of a recent interview of Thomas Russell, who is stepping down on January 1 after ten years as executive director of the American College of Surgeons, by John Iglehart, Founding Editor of Health Affairs. In...

Published Mon, Dec 12 2009 12:10 PM by Health Affairs Blog

Filed under: All Categories, Health Reform, Policy, Malpractice Liability Reform, Payment, Physicians, Medicare, Workforce, Hospitals

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