Paying for Health Care

Powerful Patient, 2009 Week 41

Host: Joyce Graff, http://powerfulpatient.org, editor@vhl.org 800-767-4845

 

Beginning October 1, 2009

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Dr. Arlene Ash

Dr. Arlene Ash

Dr. Arlene Ash seeks to improve quality and reduce costs in health care by changing how we pay doctors, hospitals and other clinicians. How does how we pay for care affect the long-term interest of patients? Why is it hard, but necessary, to pay for quality, not quantity, in health care?