Comments on: Fee-for-service: "Probably not going anywhere" http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/fee-for-service-probably-not-going.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymoushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/06/fee-for-service-probably-not-going.html#comment-76572 Anonymous Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:27:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/06/fee-for-service-probably-not-going-anywhere.html#comment-76572 Medicare FFS needs two prongs of reform:<br/><br/>Outpatient professional services simply needs to permit balanced billing at the discretion of the clinician. Many will be glad to accept the low Medicare rates in careing for the poor if they can charge a fair fee to those who can afford it.<br/><br/>Hospital sector: I don't know but as it is now we see lots of overutilization by the poorer quality providers (more money in bad care than good). I don't know what to do about this. Medicare FFS needs two prongs of reform:

Outpatient professional services simply needs to permit balanced billing at the discretion of the clinician. Many will be glad to accept the low Medicare rates in careing for the poor if they can charge a fair fee to those who can afford it.

Hospital sector: I don’t know but as it is now we see lots of overutilization by the poorer quality providers (more money in bad care than good). I don’t know what to do about this.

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