How Will Physicians be Affected by Health Care Reform?
July 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Policy brief examines what health heform means for physicians.
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Communicating with Physicians about Performance Measurement
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Report identifies messages that were most likely to engage physicians to consider becoming early adopters of—and advocates for—performance measurement and public reporting.
Medicare Payments to Physicians
February 13, 2013 | Issue Brief
Medicare's per capita payments to physicians for patient services has been exceeding federal budget guidelines, but Congress has postponed a reduction in physician fees in recent years. Lawmakers are looking for a permanent solution to the problem.
Finding Value in Health Care
January 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
This report from Avalere Health closely examines the efforts of 18 diverse medical professional societies to identify potential cost-cutting measures.
Paying Physicians For Medicare Services
December 2, 2010 | Issue Brief
Congress has repeatedly postponed cuts to physician fees under Medicare, but has reached no agreement on how to restrain growth in spending.
"Meaningful Use" of Electronic Health Records
August 24, 2010 | Issue Brief
Hospitals and doctors will soon be eligible for federal incentives to help acquire and use health information technology.
Accountable Care Organizations
July 27, 2010 | Issue Brief
The Affordable Care Act authorizes Medicare to contract with accountable care organizations, networks of physicians and other providers that would work together to improve quality of health care services and reduce costs for patients.
Physicians' Views of Comparative Information on Costs and Resource Use
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This brief offers a snapshot of physicians’ views on having access to this kind of information themselves and having this information available to the public.
Modest and Uneven
February 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
While nearly half of U.S. physicians identify language or cultural communication barriers as obstacles to providing high-quality care, physician adoption of practices to overcome such barriers is modest and uneven, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
A Snapshot of U.S. Physicians
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
According to this brief, almost 75 percent of physicians were accepting all or most new Medicare patients, the vast majority of physicians contracted with managed care plans, and slightly fewer than six in 10 physicians provided charity care in 2008.