Fixing medical prices : how physicians are paid / Miriam J. Laugesen.

Fixing medical prices : how physicians are paid / Miriam J. Laugesen.

9780674545380 (electronic book)
0674545389 (electronic book)
9780674545168
0674545168

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xii, 271 pages)

RA410.53 .L385 2016eb

338.4/73621

Fixing Medical Prices explores the activities of a largely unknown but highly powerful committee affiliated with the American Medical Association (AMA) that advises Medicare on the relative value of different medical services. Unwittingly or not, its recommendations set off a chain reaction that impacts all Americans. Medicare follows most of its fee recommendations, which are modeled by private insurers and federal and state programs. The book adds a new perspective to debates about the cost of healthcare, interest group influence on public policies, the role of experts in policymaking and regulation, and the past and future of the medical profession.-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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