Comments on: Improving care – but why should the physician pay? http://www.medrants.com/archives/2044 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: American Pundit http://www.medrants.com/archives/2044/comment-page-1#comment-4393 American Pundit Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:17:44 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/08/11/improving-care-but-why-should-the-physician-pay/#comment-4393 This type of modernization is a big part of Kerry’s healthcare plan. It provides incentives to encourage providers to upgrade. This type of modernization is a big part of Kerry’s healthcare plan. It provides incentives to encourage providers to upgrade.

]]> By: arf http://www.medrants.com/archives/2044/comment-page-1#comment-4385 arf Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:59:30 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/08/11/improving-care-but-why-should-the-physician-pay/#comment-4385 How about the payment problem that's been staring us in the face for decades? A pay cut of about 15% if you practice in rural areas. That's the typical pay differential with the government entitlement programs, and many of the bigger private players (Blue Shield, for example) if you practice in rural areas. Then they wonder why they can't get docs to practice in rural America. How about the payment problem that’s been staring us in the face for decades?

A pay cut of about 15% if you practice in rural areas.

That’s the typical pay differential with the government entitlement programs, and many of the bigger private players (Blue Shield, for example) if you practice in rural areas.

Then they wonder why they can’t get docs to practice in rural America.

]]> By: QuietStorm http://www.medrants.com/archives/2044/comment-page-1#comment-4384 QuietStorm Wed, 11 Aug 2004 18:25:29 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2004/08/11/improving-care-but-why-should-the-physician-pay/#comment-4384 If physicians make more money from worse care (more complications equals more admissions, consultations etc) than this program seems balanced, if illogical. What is needed is payment based on quality of care- which I realize is a difficult proposition but is the only way to align payments with patient desires. If physicians make more money from worse care (more complications equals more admissions, consultations etc) than this program seems balanced, if illogical. What is needed is payment based on quality of care- which I realize is a difficult proposition but is the only way to align payments with patient desires.

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