Medicare Extends Experiment in Paying Doctors August 10, 2011 Medicare, News health care cost reduction, Medicare, Payment 0 Medicare officials said Monday that they believe that doctors who coordinate care and keep their patients out of the hospital can help reduce the nation’s health care costs. Under an experiment begun in April 2005, 10 physician groups were able to improve the quality of care significantly in conditions like heart failure and diabetes while reducing costs by $134 million. The doctor groups, depending on how they fared on various quality measures, were able to share in the bulk of those savings. Read the full article from The New York Times at http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/medicare-extends-experiment-in-paying-doctors/?nl=health&emc=healthupdateema4. Comments are closed.
