U.S. HEALTH CARE REFORM
Washington has been fast tracking legislation that changes everything for physicians.
Legislation, designed to improve the quality of care and standardize clinical practices, has dramatically changed financial incentives and regulations to alter the way you deliver care.
- System-wide changes in reimbursement
- Positive and negative financial incentives directed at providers
- Positive and negative financial incentives directed at patients
- Changes to provider licensure requirements
- Changes to institutional accreditation requirements
Changes in Reimbursement
It is no longer possible to survive on revenues from evaluation and management (cognitive services), especially in primary care. The once viable option of seeing more patients can not be sustained, as new clinical guidelines and incentives reward improved patient outcomes.
If you are struggling with reductions in reimbursements, you must transfigure your practice and change the way you deliver care. You must focus on prevention, wellness, and the management or treatment of chronic disease to bring in new streams of revenue.
