Friday, January 26, 2007

A System In Need Of Change -- Restructuring Payment Policies To Support Patient-centered Care

A policy paper with proposals to restructure conventional American health care fee-for-service payment policies has been released by The American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual report on "The State of the Nation's Health Care."

"A System in Need of Change: Restructuring Payment Policies to Support Patient-Centered Care" offers a series of nine recommendations to address inadequacies in the current Medicare physician payment and delivery system.

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