No Incentive for Doctors To Adopt Coordinated Care
Although most physicians believe coordinated care -- in which doctors work together to treat a patient -- is good for patients, many have not adopted it in their practices because there is no financial incentive for them to do so. A provision in House health reform legislation would create a coordinated care pilot project under Medicare and a grading system for insurers that might motivate them to offer coordinated care.
- "Getting Doctors Talking Key to Health Care Fix" (Silberner, "All Things Considered," NPR, 8/25).