Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

If current physician-centric healthcare reform efforts don’t reduce costs, improve value, eliminate defensive medicine, or produce a better payment model, maybe it’s time to shift focus and responsibility from physicians to patients.

Friday, June 11th, 2010

When it comes to healthcare reform, a former industry executive says we should be wary of top-down, Washington-driven reform that produces more bureaucracy, less freedom of choice, and higher costs.

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

If we're serious about reducing healthcare expenditures in this country, is reducing physician income an essential and inevitable component of meaningful cost control and healthcare reform?

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Nearly everyone agrees that the rising cost of healthcare is unsustainable and that the current efforts at healthcare reform will do little if anything to reduce healthcare expenditures. Although there seems to be no shortage of proposals on what should be done, there is little consensus on whether any of them will succeed.

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Paying physicians based on outcomes rather than based on the number of procedures or services performed will ultimately reduce costs, entice more residents to select primary care, and lead to better care for patients.

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Physicians face a variety of "perverse" economic incentives that pit their financial self-interests against the well-being of their patients. And our current efforts at healthcare reform are not doing enough to fix these problems.