Massachusetts May Switch to Flat Payment to Physicians
Massachusetts is considering becoming the first state to require insurers to use a global payment system, in which physicians would receive a fee -- based on a patient's age and health status -- in advance to cover all of the patient's medical needs instead of receiving payment for each procedure they perform.
- "Mass. May Opt To Pay Flat Doctors' Fees" (Rose, "Marketplace," American Public Media, 11/6).