Perspectives on physician payment reform.

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Commentary Health AffairsVol. 8, No. 4 Perspectives: Defending U.S. Physician Payment ReformPaul B. Ginsburg and Philip R. Lee AffiliationsPhysician Payment Review Commission (PPRC), Washington, D.C.Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC), Washington, D.C.PUBLISHED:Winter 1989No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.8.4.67AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleAbstractIn the Fall 1989 issue of Health Affairs, William Glaser of the New School for Social Research offered his perspective on physician payment reform in the United States. In that Commentary, entitled "The Politics of Paying American Physicians," Glaser compared physician payment in this country to the way several European nations traditionally have approached the problem. His Commentary has sparked lively debate among interested parties: legislators, the Physician Payment Review Commission, the academic community, and organized medicine. The following Perspectives on physician payment offer the views of several of these parties. They appear in alphabetical order. To conclude this interchange, Glaser answers his critics.TOPICSPhysician paymentPaymentMedicareBalance billingExpenditure targetsOmnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987Medicare savings programsPhysiciansPoliticsLegislation Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article Metrics History Published online 1 January 1989 InformationCopyright © by Project HOPE: The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.PDF download