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SPOTLIGHT: Post-Katrina safety-net clinic approach could work nationally
How can a health system absorb--and finance--the endless healthcare needs arising from a tragedy like Hurricane Katrina? New research suggests that the safety-net clinics put in place in New Orleans... Read more...
CA P4P programs don't pay enough to motivate; Discussing end-of-life can lower costs;
> A recently-released study of California pay-per-performance programs suggests that the program's financial incentives weren't large enough to generate real changes in physician behavior. Article... Read more...
House stimulus package includes help for bond market
Could relief be on the horizon for hospitals squeezed by a lack of access to the bond market? Some help could be if one provision in the huge economic stimulus package cleared by the House survives... Read more...
Study: Chronic disease payment needs changes
While most providers agree that most compensation arrangements don't work well for treating chronically-ill patients, payers have done little to change how they reimburse doctors and hospitals for... Read more...
