Public unawareness of physician reimbursement

Ethics, economics, and physician reimbursement.

There has been much debate among health care professionals over how physicians should be paid for their services. This paper addresses the topic through an economic and ethical analysis. It starts from the premise that fairness and cost effectiveness should be the goals of a good physician reimbursement system. Using the goals of fairness and cost effectiveness as measures, it examines the curr...

Physician pricing and health insurance reimbursement

This study was based on physician claims records from three Blue Shield Plans. The principal results are: • Physicians are income-motivated. This means that income incentives can be incorporated into reimbursement systems to achieve specific ends, and that care should be taken to assure that new mechanisms do not create income incentives for physicians to act contrary to policy objectives. • Ph...

Medicare physician reimbursement: past, present, and future.

State regulation of capitated reimbursement for physician-hospital organizations.

Patient perception of physician reimbursement for common hand surgical procedures.

Health care-related costs have been the focus of intense scrutiny in politics and in the media. However, public perception of physician reimbursement is poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to determine patient perception of physician reimbursement for 2 common hand surgery procedures: carpal tunnel release and open reduction and internal fixation of a distal radius fracture. Anonym...