Comments on: P4P http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/ a physician looks at medicine, religion, politics, pets, & passion in life Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:35:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bingo http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/comment-page-1/#comment-10821 bingo Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:25:13 +0000 http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/#comment-10821 Bob: I am in the midst of writing an op-ed entitled "The Emperor's New Clothes" about the fallacies of P4P. 1.5% for following guidelines of dubious merit--even for this ophthalmologist with EMR in place the additional overhead required to document and report the necessary information would exceed 1.5% of my applicable receipts. P4P is simply another canard foisted upon us by CMS and the third party payers, and we are once again sold out by our national trade groups as they "help us comply" with this new "opportunity". Bob:

I am in the midst of writing an op-ed entitled “The Emperor’s New Clothes” about the fallacies of P4P. 1.5% for following guidelines of dubious merit–even for this ophthalmologist with EMR in place the additional overhead required to document and report the necessary information would exceed 1.5% of my applicable receipts. P4P is simply another canard foisted upon us by CMS and the third party payers, and we are once again sold out by our national trade groups as they “help us comply” with this new “opportunity”.

]]> By: Webutante http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/comment-page-1/#comment-10816 Webutante Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:25:01 +0000 http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/#comment-10816 And making sure, Bob, that free markets allow medical services to be competetive for consumers, allowing the cream to come to the top, so to speak. And making sure, Bob, that free markets allow medical services to be competetive for consumers, allowing the cream to come to the top, so to speak.

]]> By: Siladium http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/comment-page-1/#comment-10814 Siladium Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:24:55 +0000 http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/#comment-10814 Decision-making process back in the hands of the patient - how refreshing! Given that P4P is driven by rewards doled out by either the government or large insurers, the probable result is limited availability of care. To add insult to injury, recent studies have demonstrated that the quality of care does not, in fact, improve. http://siladiumblog.com/2007/07/15/p4p--who's-paying-whom-for-what.aspx Decision-making process back in the hands of the patient – how refreshing! Given that P4P is driven by rewards doled out by either the government or large insurers, the probable result is limited availability of care. To add insult to injury, recent studies have demonstrated that the quality of care does not, in fact, improve.

http://siladiumblog.com/2007/07/15/p4p–who's-paying-whom-for-what.aspx

]]> By: EDM #131: Spray bottle — Blog on Heatlh Diet Food Loosing Weight http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/comment-page-1/#comment-10801 EDM #131: Spray bottle — Blog on Heatlh Diet Food Loosing Weight Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:36:12 +0000 http://docisinblog.com/index.php/2007/08/13/p4p/#comment-10801 [...] have no interest whatsoever in quality care, except as a marketing tool…. source: P4P, The Doctor Is [...] [...] have no interest whatsoever in quality care, except as a marketing tool…. source: P4P, The Doctor Is [...]

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