The Commonwealth Fund released a report regarding oprions for improving the value of health care dollars being spent. Here is an excerpt:
Change reimbursement to primary care physician practices to support enhanced primary care services, such as care coordination, care management, and easy access to appropriate care. Under this option, Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries would be enrolled in "medical homes" that have this enhanced capacity. Mandatory enrollment could result in net health system savings of $194 billion over 10 years, with savings accruing to all payers. Estimated savings would be larger if this approach were adopted by all payers.
I have rarely billed and even rarer received any monies for care management. Yet,I do this sort of thing all day long.
Anyone have success doing this?
Here is the full report....lots of interesting ideas.
Commonwealth Report Lowell
