Fixing medical prices : how physicians are paid / Miriam J. Laugesen.
2016
RA410.53 .L385 2016eb
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Fixing medical prices : how physicians are paid / Miriam J. Laugesen.
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9780674545380 (electronic book)
0674545389 (electronic book)
9780674545168
0674545168
0674545389 (electronic book)
9780674545168
0674545168
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
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English
Description
1 online resource (xii, 271 pages)
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RA410.53 .L385 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.4/73621
Summary
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
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The house of medicine and medical prices
The enduring influence of the house of medicine over prices
The science of work and payment reform
How doctors get paid
Conflicts of interest and problems of evidence
Complexity, agency capture, and the game of codes
Conclusion.
The enduring influence of the house of medicine over prices
The science of work and payment reform
How doctors get paid
Conflicts of interest and problems of evidence
Complexity, agency capture, and the game of codes
Conclusion.