A Report to The Physicians Foundation
A-Report
1-Report to The Physicians Foundation.pdf
B-References in Introduction
Perez, K., Preparing for ACA Medicare Cuts, Healthcare Financial Management, January 2013.pdf
C-References in Chapter I
Krumholz, H., Post-Hospital Syndrome, NEJM, Jan. 2013.pdf
O'Reilly, Kevin, Sloppy and Paste Endures, American Medical News, Feb. 2013.pdf
Wright, A., Early Results of Meaningful Use, NEJM, Feb. 21, 2013.pdf
D-References in Chapter III
Abelson, R., In Second Look, Few Savings from Digital Health Records, NYT, Jan. 10, 2013.docx
Adler-Milstein, J., et al, Survey Analysis Suggests EHRs Will Yield Revenue Gains for Some, Lossess For Many, Health Affairs, March 2013.pdf
Dembosky, A., Data Prescription for Better Health Care, Financial Times, Dec. 2012.docx
Kellerman, A. and Jones, S., What is Will Take To Achieve The As-Yet Unfulfilled Promises of HIT, Health Affairs, 32(1), 2013.pdf
Mace, S., Scot Silverstein's Good Health IT and Bad Health IT, HealthLeaders Media, 1-8-13.docx
Taylor, R., Letter to the Editor, NEJM, Dec. 2010.pdf
Teery, K., RAND, Health IT No Bargain Yet, Information Week, 1-8-13.docx
Terhune, C., Vast Cache of Patient Details Was Kept in Private Home, LA Times, 1-5-13.docx
Weiner, J., et al, The Most Critical Unintended Consequences of CPOE and Other HIT, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Asso., 14(3), May-June 2007.pdf
Zients, J., OMB Letter of 3-1-13 to Hon. John Boehner.pdf
E-References in Chapter IV
Caramenico, A., Docs Join Hospitals for Higher Medicare Payments, FierceHealthcare, 11-20-12.pdf
Duszak, R., Most Physicians Don't Meet Quality Reporting Requirements, J. of the American College of Radiology, 1-8-13.pdf
Hussey, P. et al, The Association Between Healthcare Quality and Cost, Annals of Internal Medicine, 158(1), Jan. 1, 2013.pdf
Manary, M. et al, The Patient Experience and Health Outcomes, NEJM, 1-17-13.pdf
Pettypiece, S., Hospital Medicare Cash Lures Doctors, Bloomberg, 11-19-12.pdf
F-References in Chapter V
MGMA Physician Placement Starting Salary SUrvey, 2012 Report Based on 2011 Data, TOC.pdf
G-References in Chapter VI
CMS, Medicare Fee-For-Service Recovery Audit Program Myths, Dec. 17, 2012.pdf
Stein, M., Providers Face More Overpyament Recoveries, Inside Health Policy, 1-14-13.docx
H-References in Chapter VII
Brill, S., Time Cover Story on Health Costs, 2-20-2013.docx
Congressional Research Service, Medicare Payment Updates on Payment Rates, 9-27-12.pdf
Ginsburg, P., Wide Variation in Hospital and Physician Payment Rates, Center for Studying Health System Change, Nov. 2010.pdf
I-References in Chapter VIII
Kliff, S., Republicans Can't Stop IPAB, But They Might Slow it Down, The Washington Post, 1-8-13.docx
Kung, J. et al, Failure of Clinical Practice Guidelines, Archives of Int. Medicine, Oct. 2012.pdf
Ransohoff, D., How to Decide Whether a Clinical Guideline is Trustworthy, JAMA, 1-9-13.pdf
J-References in Chapter IX
Abelson, R., Health Insurers Raise Some Rates by Double Digits, NYT, 1-6-13.docx
Crain's Health Pulse, ACA Benefits Ruling Helps Employers, 1-7-13.pdf
Hall, S., IT, Labor Costs to Drive Up Rate-Submission Compliance Costs, FierceHealthIT, 1-7-13.pdf
Mathews, A., New Medical Codes Provide Precision, Wall Street Journal, 9-13-11.pdf
Nelson, L. Lessons from Medicare's VBP Demonstrations, Jan. 2012.pdf
Pear, R., Health Executive Defends Premiums, NYT, 2-25-10.docx
Pear, R., Health Insurers Will be Charged to Use New Exchanges, NYT, 11-30-12.docx
Song, Z., et al, Unintended Consequences of Eliminating Medicare Payments for Consultations, JAMA Internal Medicine, 2013.pdf
Woolhandler, S. and Himmelstein, D., Letter to the Editor, JAMA, 1-2-13.pdf
K-References in Chapter X
McNickle, M., Doctors Push Back Against Health IT's Workflow Demands, InformationWeek, 2-14-13.pdf
Schumpeter, Exit Albert Hirschman, The Economist, 12-22-12.pdf
L-Bibliography, General References
a-Chapter I. Meaningless Work
1-Clinical Decision Support Systems
1-Supporting Clinical Decisions, Anderson, Health Data Management Magazine, 10-1-2009.pdf
2-CDS and MU FAQ, HIMSS, 2-2011.pdf
3-Clinical Decision Support Systems, Romano, Archives Intern Med, 5-23-2011.pdf
2-Cost-Cost Effectiveness
1-EMR Savings, Costs, Benefits, Hillestad, Health Affairs, Sept-Oct-2005.pdf
2-Costs and Benefits HIT, CBO, 5-2008.pdf
3-Economics HIT, O'Reilly, Am Med Inform Assoc, 2011.pdf
3-EHR Adoption
1-EMR Barriers and Solutions, Miller et al, Health Affairs, March-April-2004.pdf
10-EHRs Private Docs Out of Business, Terry, InformationWeek, 11-6-12.pdf
11-EHRs and National Patient Safety Goals, Sittig et al, NEJM, 11-8-12.pdf
12-EHRs Lead to Wasted Time, Horwitz, NYTimes, 11-22-2012.docx
13-Report on EHR Adoption, GAO, 7-26-2012.pdf
2-EHR in Community Practices Quality and Cost, Welch et al, Amer Med Infor Assoc, May-June-2007.pdf
3-EMR Incentives, Neclerio, MPMN, July-Aug-2009.pdf
4-Accelerating Use of EHRs, Shea et al, NEJM, 1-21-2010.pdf
5-EHR Limited Success, DesRoches et al, Health Affairs, 4-2010.pdf
6-HIT Physician Surveys, Li, Persp Health Inform Mngmt, Fall 2011.pdf
7-EHR Experience Leading Hospitals, Silow-Carroll et al, Commonwealth Fund, 7-2012.pdf
8-Adoption EHRs in United States, Jamoom et al, NCHS Data Brief, 7-2012.pdf
9-EMR Results in Inflated Bills, Center for Public Integrity, 9-19-2012.pdf
4-Electronic Prescribing
1-Technological Viewpoints Electronic Prescribing, Agarwal et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2010.pdf
2-GAO Report to CMS Electronic Prescribing, GAO, 2-2-11.pdf
3-Letter to CMS Requesting eRx Extension, MGMA, 5-15-2012.pdf
4-eRx Penalty Deadline, Lowes, Medscape Medical News, 11-15-12.pdf
6-Meaningful Use
1-Clinical Quality Measures
1-EP Measures Table CQMs.pdf
2-Meaningful Use Hearings
1-Meaningful Use Hearing, Opening Statement, Chairman Quayle, 11-14-12.pdf
2-Meaningful Use Testimony, Fields, HIMSS, 11-14-2012.pdf
3-Meaningful Use Testimony, Little, 11-14-2012.pdf
4-Meaningful Use Testimony, Mostashari, 11-14-2012.pdf
5-Meaningful Use Testimony, Probst, Intermountain Healthcare, 11-14-2012.pdf
6-Meaningful Use Testimony, Romine, 11-14-2012.pdf
7-Meaningful Use, Hearing Charter, 11-14-2012.pdf
3-Meaningful Use, General
1-MGMA Letter Physician Practices and Meaningful Use, MGMA, 6-25-2009.pdf
3-Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule, Mehta et al, healthinfolaw.org, 9-5-2012.pdf
7-Operations-Maintenance
1-GAO Report on Agency E valuation of IT, GAO, 10-2012.pdf
b-Chapter II. Changing Nature of Medical Practice
1-Billing, Insurance, Interactions with Health Plans
2-Overview, Administrative Burden
1-Costs US and Canada, Woolhandler et al, NEJM, 8-21-2003.pdf
10-Compliance, MGMA Position Paper.pdf
11-Reducing Administrative Costs, Winkler et al, American Progress, 6-2012.pdf
2-Administrative simplification, MGMA Position Paper.pdf
3-Administrative Burdens Medicare Advantage Program, MGMA Memo, 8-23-2007.pdf
5-Regulatory Challenges, Bechtel, OcularSurgeryNews, 8-25-2010.pdf
6-Burdensome Regulations, AMA Letter to Dr. Berwick, 4-13-2011.pdf
7-Abolish Burdensome Regulations, AMA, amednews.com, 5-2-2011.pdf
8-Joint Letter to CMS Penalties and Incentives, 3-28-2012.pdf
9-Reducing Administrative Cost, Cutler, NEJM 11-15-2013.pdf
AAFP News Now, Final Rule Eases Regulation, 5-30-2012.pdf
AHA, Legal Issues Fraud and Abuse, 8-2012.pdf
AMA Letter to Dr. Berwick, Burdensome Regulations, 4-13-2011.pdf
AMA, Administrative Costs.pdf
AMA, Amicus Brief Stark Law, 2007.pdf
AMA, Legislative Burdensome Regs Survey, 4-13-2011.pdf
AMA, Letter 2012 Physician Fee Schedule, 8-29-2011.pdf
AMA, Reduction Regulatory Burden, 4-13-2011.pdf
AMA, Regulatory Burden Legal Cases.pdf
AMA, amednews.com, Abolish Burdensome Regulations, 5-2-2011.pdf
AOA, Memo Regulatory challenges, 9-25-2012.pdf
American Bar Association v. Federal Trade Commission, 9-3-2010.pdf
Andrew Dick, HHS, Space Lease Compliance, 11-2012.pdf
Bechtel, OcularSurgeryNews, Regulatory Challenges, 8-25-2010.pdf
Blanchfield et al, Health Affairs, Streamlining Billing Practices, 6-2010.pdf
Bloomberg BNA, OIG Work Plan to Examine Billing, 10-24-2012.pdf
Conover, CATO Institute, A $169 Billion Hidden Tax, 10-4-2004.pdf
Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Case for Reform, 6-2009.pdf
Deloitte, Physician Perspectives Health Reform, 12-2011.pdf
Dept HHS, Final Rule, Physician Fees, 2013, 10-1-2011.pdf
Federal Register, CMS Final Rule Regulatory Reduction, 5-16-2012.pdf
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Health Reform GI Practice, 2010.pdf
HHS OIG, EHR Systems 2011 Physicians Providing E&M services, 6-21-2012.pdf
Jackson & Coker, Physicians on Presidential Election.pdf
Joint Letter to CMS Penalties and Incentives, 3-28-2012.pdf
Jones et al, Neurology, Health Reform and your Practice, 11-20-2012.pdf
MGMA Comment, Medicare and Medicaid, 12-23-2011.pdf
MGMA Connexion, Incident to Rules, Nov-Dec-2008.pdf
MGMA Connexion, What Health Reform Means for your Practice, May-June-2010.pdf
MGMA Memo, Administrative Burdens Medicare Advantage Program, 8-23-2007.pdf
MGMA Position Paper, Administrative simplification.pdf
MGMA Position Paper, Compliance.pdf
MGMA Position Paper, Healthcare Reform Priciples.pdf
MGMA Position Paper, Medicare Regulatory Reform.pdf
MGMA and AMA, Letter on the Three Day Payment Window, 6-20-2012.pdf
MGMA, Letter 2013 Proposed Fee Schedule, 9-4-2012.pdf
Manchikanti et al, Pain Physician, Physician Refer Thyself, 2007.pdf
Medical Practice Today, Top 10 Challenges, 2012.pdf
NEJM, Obama and Romney, 10-11-2012.pdf
OIG, Coding Trends for E&M, May 2012.pdf
OIG, Semiannual Report to Congress, Fall 2012.pdf
Physician Survey Comments Candidates.pdf
Reichard, CQ Healthbeat News, Key Regs at OMB, 10-16-2012.pdf
Ryan, AHA, Final Physician Fee Schedule 2013, 11-14-2012.pdf
Sakowski et al, Health Affairs, Billing And Insurance Activities 5-14-2009.pdf
Sakowski et al, Health Affairs, Billing And Insurance Activities, 5-14-2009.pdf
Sermo, AMA Survey Doc Input, 2-11-2011.pdf
Sermo, Antitrust and Physician Led ACOs, 10-7-2011.pdf
Sermo, Governmental Regulation, 1-11-2010.pdf
Sermo, Govt Regulation in Med, 1-4-2012.pdf
Sermo, HIPAA Regulations, 10-19-2011.pdf
Sermo, Insurance Mandate, 3-29-2012.pdf
Sermo, Medicare's Top Regulatory Burdens, 4-30-2011.pdf
Sermo, Office Based Endoscopy, 6-12-2007.pdf
Sermo, Why Is the AMA Still Relevant, 11-26-2012.pdf
Sha et al, PM&R, Health Care Reform Impact on Physician Practices, 8-2010.pdf
Stowell, ACMPE, Physician Compensation Under Reform, 10-2011.pdf
TMA, Regulatory Burdens Threats to Viability.docx
Thomson Reuters, HCPlexus, 2011 Nat'l Physicians Survey, 2011.pdf
Thrall, J Am Coll Radiol, Unintended Consequences, 2011.pdf
WSJ, Primary Care Needs Fixing Before Universal Care, 3-26-2008.pdf
Weinberger et al, NEJM, PatientPhysician Relationship, 10-18-2012.pdf
Westgate, Physicians Practice, ICD-10 Delay, 8-27-2012.pdf
3-Medicare
1-Audits, Appeals
1-FY 2010 RAC Report to Congress, CMS, 2010.pdf
10-AMA Letter to CMS Re RAC Audits, AMA, 9-11-2012.pdf
11-Medicare Audit Targets E&M, Fiegl, AMA,10-1-2012.docx
12-Effective RAC Response, Wagner, HFMA, 10-9-2012.pdf
13-Proposed Legislation, Graves, 10-12-2012.pdf
14-AHA Letter in Support of Medicare Audit Improv. Act, AHA, 10-16-12.pdf
15-AHA letter on OIG Workplan 2013, AHA, 10-24-2012.pdf
16-Tables Being Turned on Auditors, Carlson, Modern Healthcare, 10-29-12.pdf
17-Putting Practices on RAC, Ullman, Physicians Money Digest, 11-12-2012.pdf
18-Improvements Needed to Medicare Appeals, OIG Report, 11-2012.pdf
2-AMA Letter Medicaid RAC, AMA, 1-10-2011.pdf
20-RAC Issues in Hospitals, Henry Dove note.docx
21-RAC and Medicare Slides, CMS.pdf
3-Amicus Brief #1, RAC Audits, 1-26-2011.pdf
4-Rac, Mac, Zpic, and Other Audtis, American Health Lawyers Assoc., 2-22-2011.pdf
5-RACTrac Survey Q3 2011, AHA, 11-21-2011.pdf
6-CMS Medicare Compliance Newsletter, HHS CMS, 1-2012.pdf
7-RACTrac Survey Q2 2012, AHA, 8-22-2012.pdf
8-Medicare FFS Recovery Audit Program, CMS, 8-2012.pdf
9-Doctors Can't Challenge Audits, Gallegos, Amer. Med. News, 9-10-2012.pdf
AMA Amicus Brief #2, RAC Audits.pdf
RAC Complaint Form, MGMA.pdf
RAC EM review, MGMA Letter to CMS, 9-25-2012.pdf
11-Pay for Performance
2-Hospital P4P, Ryan, NEJM, 4-26-2012.pdf
12-Reasonable and Necessary Care
1-Reasonable and Necessary Care, Neumann, NEJM, 10-31-2012.pdf
13-Reimbursement
1-Budget Control Act 2011
1-Employment Impacts, TrippUmbach, 9-2012.pdf
2-Physician Response to Reimbursement Cuts
3-Reimbursement, General
4-Bending the Medicare Cost Curve, Barr, JGIM, 2012.pdf
5-Managing Finances Greatest Challenge, MGMA, 6-26-12.pdf
8-Medicare Physician Reimbursement, MGMA Position Paper.pdf
4-SGR
1-SGR Replacement, Adams, CQ Healthbeat News, 10-16-2012.pdf
2-SGR Study results, MGMA, 10-2012.pdf
3-Cost of Delayed SGR Cut, AMA, 11-21-2012.pdf
14-Self Referrals
1-Self Referral in Imaging, GAO, 9-2012.pdf
2-CMS
1-CMS Financials
1-CMS Financial Report FY 2012, CMS, 11-15-2012.pdf
2-CMS Incentives
1-Govt Awards for Higher Quality, Health Affairs.docx
3-CMS, General
1-CMS Medicare FFS Provider e-News, CMS, 11-8-2012.pdf
2-Compliance List, Walker, AHA, 11-9-2012.pdf
4-Fee Schedule
1-AMA Letter 2012 Physician Fee Schedule, AMA, 8-29-2011.pdf
2-Final Rule, Physician Fees, 2013, Dept HHS, 10-1-2011.pdf
3-MGMA Letter 2013 Proposed Fee Schedule, MGMA, 9-4-2012.pdf
4-Final Physician Fee Schedule 2013, Ryan, AHA, 11-14-2012.pdf
3-Demonstration, Pilot Project Lessons
3-Bundled Payment Challenges, Altman Health Affairs 9-2012.pdf
4-Evaluation and Management Services
1-OIG Coding Trends for E&M, OIG, May 2012.pdf
5-Fraud and Abuse Prevention
1-Fresenius case, FCA, discovery access, 10-5-2012.pdf
2-CMS Suspension of Payments, Gilchrist et al, AHA, 10-2012.pdf
3-GAO Report Fraud Precention, GAO, 10-2012.pdf
6-Incident to Services
1-Incident to Rules, MGMA Connexion, Nov-Dec-2008.pdf
7-Medicare Secondary Payer
1-MSP Fact Sheet, Medicare Learning Network, 5-2012.pdf
8-Medicare Spending
1-Medical Spending US vs. Canada, Pozen et al, Inquiry, Summer 2010.pdf
2-Projected Medicare Expenditures, CMS, 8-5-2010.pdf
3-Fees, Volume and Spending, Reinhardt, NYTimes, 12-24-2010.pdf
4-Cost Control, Archives of Internal Medicine, 10-29-2012.pdf
5-US and Canada Spending, Woolhandler and Himmelstein, JArch Inten Med, 2012.ppt
9-MedPAC Publications
1-Fact Sheet, MedPAC Report to Congress, 3-2012.pdf
2-MedPAC Executive Summary FFS, MA, and Part D, 3-2012.pdf
3-MedPAC Executive Summary Physician Services, 3-2012.pdf
4-Regulatory Burden
1-2012 Presidential Election
1-Obama and Romney, NEJM, 10-11-2012.pdf
2-Physician Survey Comments Candidates.pdf
3-Physicians on Presidential Election, Jackson & Coker.pdf
2-Ease in Regulatory Provisions
1- MGMA Comment Medicare and Medicaid, MGMA, 12-23-2011.pdf
3-Final Rule Eases Regulation, AAFP News Now, 5-30-2012.pdf
4-ICD-10 Delay, Westgate, Physicians Practice, 8-27-2012.pdf
3-Fraud and Abuse
1-Physician Refer Thyself, Manchikanti et al, Pain Physician, 2007.pdf
2-Legal Issues Fraud and Abuse, AHA, 8-2012.pdf
4-Health Care Spending, Deficit Reduction
1-2002 Financial Report US Govt, GAO, 2002.pdf
4-Regulatory Burdens Threats to Viability TMA.docx
5-Health Care Costs, A Primer, Kaiser, 5-2012.pdf
5-OIG Workplan
1-OIG Work Plan to ExamineBilling, Bloomberg BNA, 10-24-2012.pdf
2-HHS OIG Work Plan FY 2013, OIG.pdf
6-PPACA
1-Primary Care Needs Fixing Before Universal Care, WSJ, 3-26-2008.pdf
2-Physicians and Health Reform, Cooper et al, The Physicians Foundation, 9-9-2009.pdf
3-Health Care Reform Impact on Physician Practices, Sha et al, PM&R, 8-2010.pdf
4-Decline of Physician Private Practice, The Physicians Foundation, 8-2010.pdf
5-Health Reform GI Practice, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2010.pdf
6-Health Reform and your Practice, Jones et al, Neurology, 11-20-2012.pdf
7-Physician Compensation Under Reform, Stowell, ACMPE, 10-2011.pdf
8-US Health Care Highway, The Physicians Foundation, 8-2012.pdf
9-Key Regs at OMB, Reichard, CQ Healthbeat News, 10-16-2012.pdf
Economic Case for Reform, Council of Economic Advisers, 6-2009.pdf
MGMA Healthcare Reform Priciples, MGMA Position Paper.pdf
Physician Perspectives Health Reform, Deloitte, 12-2011.pdf
What Health Reform Means for your Practice, MGMA Connexion, May-June-2010.pdf
7-Regulatory Burden, General
10-HIPAA Regulations, Sermo, 10-19-2011.pdf
11-Regulatory Burden Legal Cases, AMA, 2011 and 2012.pdf
12-Space Lease Compliance, Andrew Dick, HHS, 11-2012.pdf
5-Unintended Consequences, Thrall, J Am Coll Radiol, 2011.pdf
7-Memo Regulatory challenges, AOA, 9-25-2012.pdf
9-Govt Regulation in Med, Sermo, 1-4-2012.pdf
c-Chapter III, Automated Information Collection
AMA, E-prescribing Penalty, 5-4-2012.pdf
AMA, ONC HIT Contest, 11-28-2012.pdf
Abelson, NYTimes, Medicare Faulted on Shift to EMR, 11-29-2012.pdf
Agarwal et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, Technological Viewpoints Electronic Prescribing, 2010.pdf
Anderson, Health Data Mgmt Magazine, Supporting Clinical Decisions, 10-1-2009.pdf
Arch Int Med, HIT Effect on Inpatient Care, 1-26-2009.PDF
BPC, Patient Matching to Health Data, 6-2012.pdf
Black et al, PLoS Medicine, eHealth Quality and Safety, 1-2011.pdf
Buntin et al, Health Affairs, Benefits HIT, 3-2011.pdf
Center for Public Integrity, EMR Results in Inflated Bills, 9-19-2012.pdf
Chairman Quayle, Meaningful Use Hearing, Opening Statement, 11-14-12.pdf
Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online, HIT Lessons Hurricane Sandy, 11-1-2012.pdf
Coughlin, ONC, HIT Better than Paper during Sandy, 11-21-2012.pdf
DesRoches et al, Health Affairs, EHR Limited Success, 4-2010.pdf
EP Measures Table CQMs.pdf
Enas et al, Modern Healthcare, East Coast Hospitals Hurricane Sandy, 10-29-2012.docx
Fox et al, Health IT Law Blog, EHR Lost During Sandy, 10-31-2012.docx
GAO Report on Agency E valuation of IT, 10-2012.pdf
GAO Report to CMS Electronic Prescribing, 2-2-11.pdf
GAO on EHR, Improvements Needed, 4-2012.pdf
GAO, Report on EHR Adoption, 7-26-2012.pdf
GAO, eRx Inconsistencies in Incentive Programs, 2-17-2011.pdf
HIMSS, CDS and MU FAQ, 2-2011.pdf
HIMSS, Meaningful Use Testimony, Fields, 11-14-2012.pdf
Health Affairs, Govt Awards for Higher Quality.docx
Hirsch, FierceEMR, Preservation EHRs During Sandy, 11-13-2012.docx
Horwitz, NYTimes, EHRs Lead to Wasted Time, 11-22-2012.docx
Hripcsak et al, JAMIA, Phenotyping EHRs, 2012.pdf
Jamoom et al, NCHS Data Brief, Adoption EHRs in United States, 7-2012.pdf
Jones et al, Am Journal Man Care, EHR Adoption Quality Improvement, 12-2010.pdf
Jones et al, Am Journal of Man Care, Quality Improvement in US Hospitals, 12-2010.pdf
Kibbe, TheHealthCareBlog, Is Meaningful Use Worth it for Small Practices, 4-11-2010.docx
Levy, Waiting Room Solutions, Health Record Safety During Storms, 10-30-2012.pdf
Li, Persp Health Inform Mngmt, HIT Physician Surveys, Fall 2011.pdf
Little, Meaningful Use Testimony, 11-14-2012.pdf
Lowes, Medscape Medical News, eRx Penalty Deadline, 11-15-12.pdf
MGMA Letter Physician Practices and Meaningful Use, 6-25-2009.pdf
MGMA, Letter to CMS Requesting eRx Extension, 5-15-2012.pdf
McCullough et al, Health Affairs, Effect on Hospital Quality, 4-2010.PDF
Meaningful Use, Hearing Charter, 11-14-2012.pdf
Mehrotra, Medical Records.com, Importance Health Info Exchange, 11-5-2012.docx
Mehta et al, healthinfolaw.org, Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule, 9-5-2012.pdf
Miller et al, Health Affairs, EMR Barriers and Solutions, March-April-2004.pdf
Mostashari, Meaningful Use Testimony, 11-14-2012.pdf
Neclerio, MPMN, EMR Incentives, July-Aug-2009.pdf
OIG Report, Obstacles Overseeing Medicare EHR Incentives, 11-2012.pdf
Palen et al, JAMA, Access to Info online, 11-21-2012.pdf
Probst, Intermountain Healthcare, Meaningful Use Testimony, 11-14-2012.pdf
Romano, Archives Intern Med, Clinical Decision Support Systems, 5-23-2011.pdf
Romine, Meaningful Use Testimony, 11-14-2012.pdf
Seidman, Office Nat'l Cord HIT, HITPC Proposed MU Measures, 2-23-2011.pdf
Shea et al, NEJM, Accelerating Use of EHRs, 1-21-2010.pdf
Silow-Carroll et al, Commonwealth Fund, EHR Experience Hospitals, 7-2012.pdf
Sittig et al, NEJM, EHRs and National Patient Safety Goals, 11-8-12.pdf
Terry, InformationWeek, EHRs Private Docs Out of Business, 11-6-12.pdf
Welch et al, Amer Med Infor Assoc, EHR in Community Practices Quality and Cost, May-June-2007.pdf
d-Chapter IV, Quality, Who is to Say
1-Accountable Care Organizations
1-Physician How-To Manual 3rd edition, AMA,2010-2012.pdf
2-Limited Savings, Eddy et al, Health Affairs,11-2012.pdf
2-Incentives
1-Enhancing Quality, Conrad et al, Medical Care Research and Review, 2004.pdf
2-Quality and incentives, MGMA Position Paper.pdf
3-Pay for Performance
1-Country Comparisons
1-United Kingdom, Doran et al, NEJM, 7-27-2006.pdf
2-England and California, McDonald et al, Ann Fam Med, Mar-Apr-2009.pdf
2-Pay for Performance, General
2-Internists views, Casalino et al, Health Affairs, Mar-Apr-2007.pdf
4-P4P Alone Cannot Drive Quality, Mandel et al, AMA, 7-2007.pdf
7-Reduced Mortality in England, Sutton et al, NEJM, 11-8-2012.pdf
4-Quarterly Report Cards
1-Quality Measures and Individual Physician, Ofri, NEJM, 8-12-2010.pdf
5-Standard of Care Guidelines
1-Quality and Standardization, McGlynn et al, NEJM, 6-26-2003.pdf
2-Do Guidelines Create Uniformity, de Jong, Social Science and Medicine, 2010.pdf
6-Unintended Consequences of Quality Initiatives
7-Cost Reduction
1-Quality Demonstrations, CMS News Release, 12-9-2010.pdf
2-Quality and Cost Reduction, GAO, 7-2011.pdf
e-Chapter V, The Site of Service(s)
AAMC, Physician Shortages to Worsen.pdf
AAMC, Workforce Policy Recommendations, 9-2012.pdf
AMA, Access to physicians in jeopardy, 2012.pdf
AMA, More Physicians of Efficient Healthcare.pdf
Bodenheimer et al, NEJM, A Lifeline for Primary Care, 6-25-2009.pdf
Creswell et al, NYTimes, Hospital Marketing War, 11-30-2012.pdf
GAO, Medicaid Access, 11-2012.pdf
Hitt, Medscape Medical News, Primary Care Docs Unhappy with U.S. Healthcare, 11-15-2012.pdf
Hoffer et al, The Milbank Quarterly, Expansion of Coverage Under PPACA, 2011.pdf
Holt, thehealthcareblog, Physicians Grumpy and Getting Grumpier, 3-28-2010.docx
Isaacs et al, NEJM, The Independent Physician Going, Going, 2-12-2009.pdf
Mass Med Soc, Physician Workforce Study, 2003.pdf
Mass Med Soc, Physician Workforce Study, june 2007.pdf
Mass Med Soc, Physician Workforce Survey, 2002.pdf
Mass Med. Soc, MMS Physician Workforce Study, 10-2012.pdf
MedPAC Presentation, 10-4-2012.pdf
MediBlog, Solo Physician Practice is Dead, 8-2-2012.pdf
Petterson et al, Annals of Fam Med, US Primary Care Workforce Needs, Nov-Dec-2012.pdf
Petterson et al, The Annals of Fam Med, Primary Care Workforce Needs, Nov-Dec-2012.pdf
Pham et al, Health Affairs, Unhealthy Trends, Nov-Dec-2007.pdf
Scwartz Bill, Physician Shortage, 8-16-2012.pdf
Seaman, Bus & Fin News, US Will Need More Family Docs, 11-16-2012.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Consumer Attitudes, 7-2012.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Decline of Physician Private Practice, 8-2010.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Med Practice Survey 2008, 10-2008.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Physicians Control Professional Destiny.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Practice Patterns and Perspectives, 9-2012.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Promising Models, 4-19-2012.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, US Health Care Highway, 8-2012.pdf
The Physicians Foundation, Young Physicians, 3-2012.pdf
f-Chapter VI, DOC on the RAC
AHA, Letter in Support of Medicare Audit Improv. Act, 10-16-12.pdf
AHA, Letter on OIG Workplan 2013, 10-24-2012.pdf
AHA, RACTrac Survey Q2 2012, 8-22-2012.pdf
AHA, RACTrac Survey Q3 2011, 11-21-2011.pdf
AHA, RACTrac Survey Q3 2011, 11-30-2011.pdf
AMA Letter to CMS Re RAC Audits, AMA, 9-11-2012.pdf
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