Health Care Payment Reform

The role of doctors in health care reform cannot be overstated–and yet it is rarely mentioned.

Arnold S. Relman, MD, has a valuable perspective in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.

Mayo Clinic points out a problem with health care reform proposals on the table.  Since President Obama likes to highlight Mayo as an example of the way health care should be delivered, the nation’s health care payment system needs to support its high-quality, low-cost model.

According to a story on Minnesota Public Radio:

Mayo contends that there can’t be any real reform unless Medicare starts rewarding systems that provide quality health care at reasonable prices.