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When Less is More
Here is a news article discussing a paper I wrote with Michael Volk, in which we try to find ways to keep doctors from harming patients by finding and then getting all worked up over what we in medicine call incidentalomas–unexpected and ultimately benign findings that show up with unnecessary tests. The article is in the Archives of Internal Medicine this week.Medicare Pays More Money To Doctors Taking Care Of Rich Patients. Here’s Why.
It has always been financially rewarding for doctors to take care of rich patients. People with more money…well, they have more money to spend on healthcare. But shouldn’t this more money/higher payment relationship go away in Medicare? It doesn’t, and some recent payment reforms may be making matters worse. (To read the rest of the…
Are Nursing Homes Lying About Their Patients To Increase Profits? You Decide
Imagine you are CEO of a chain of nursing homes. You know that the sicker your patients are, the more money you will get from Medicare. You also know that Medicare determines how sick patients are by counting how many diagnoses they have and assessing the severity of those diagnoses. Given these facts, what would…
