Friday, August 14, 2015
Commonwealth Fund Finds Mixed Views of PCPs Towards New Payment Models
On August 5, The Commonwealth Fund, the New York-based not-for-profit “private foundation that aims to promote a high performing healthcare system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society’s most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults. “ released a new issue brief, entitled “Primary Care Providers’ Views of Recent Trends in Health Care Delivery and Payment.” The brief was based on the results of a survey conducted earlier this year of x clinicians—both primary care physicians and mid-level professionals (nurse practitioners and physician assistants)....