Most physicians don’t support a shift away from the fee-for-service model. Do you agree? Or is bundled payments and incentives the path forward?
Most physicians don’t support a shift away from the fee-for-service model. They aren’t fans of bundled payments, and don’t want to take steps to add incentives in the system.
That’s according to a recent Journal of the American Medical Association survey. This is the same survey that found that physicians think others in the industry - trial lawyers, insurance companies, hospitals, device manufacturers and patients - bear a greater burden for lowering healthcare costs.
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Do you agree? Are you opposed to the shift away from fee-for-service? Or is bundled payments the ideal path forward?
Please tell us what you think in the comments field below.
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