By Lynda Young, MD, MMS President Attorney General Coakley’s new study this week on health care costs and payment reform has been generating a lot of discussion. Here are some thoughts from our corner. We think it’s too early to declare payment reform a failure from a cost-cutting perspective. You can’t measure its effectiveness after [...]

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This video is the last in a series of three videos by physician leaders in Massachusetts, who discuss how practices can succeed under a global payment system. Earlier this week, Barbara Spivak, and Richard Lopez spoke about their practices’ experiences implementing and delivering care in a global payment framework. Today we hear from one of [...]

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This video is the second in a series of three videos by physician leaders in Massachusetts, who discuss how practices can succeed under a global payment system. Earlier this week, Barbara Spivak, MD, spoke about the experiences at the Mount Auburn Cambridge IPA. Today we hear from one of the pioneers in this area. Speaker: [...]

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This video is the first in a series of three video by physician leaders in Massachusetts, who discuss how practices can succeed under a global payment system. Speaker: Barbara Spivak, MD,President, Mount Auburn-Cambridge IPA, Cambridge Mass. The Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association, with nearly 500 physician members, began operating under a form of global [...]

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