Fixing medical prices : how physicians are paid / Miriam J. Laugesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laugesen, Miriam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Medical Association.

Medical economics--United States.

Medical economics.

United States.

Medical care--United States--Evaluation.

Medical care.

Evaluation.

Medicare.

Health services administration--United States.

Health services administration.

Medical care--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

xii, 271 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Fixing Medical Prices explores the activities of a largely unknown but highly powerful committee affiliated with the American Medical Association (AMA) that advises Medicare on the relative value of different medical services. Unwittingly or not, its recommendations set off a chain reaction that impacts all Americans. Medicare follows most of its fee recommendations, which are modeled by private insurers and federal and state programs. The book adds a new perspective to debates about the cost of healthcare, interest group influence on public policies, the role of experts in policymaking and regulation, and the past and future of the medical profession.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The house of medicine and medical prices

The enduring influence of the house of medicine over prices

The science of work and payment reform

How doctors get paid

Conflicts of interest and problems of evidence

Complexity, agency capture, and the game of codes

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674545168

0674545168

OCLC:

946906969