Posted by Admin | 11:42 AM

Brian Klepper and David Kibbe have a notable column at Kaiser Health News arguing that the American Medical Association's Relative Value...

Labels: Health Care Reform, Physician Fees, Primary Care Crisis

Posted by Admin | 8:07 AM

The "Medical Home"--A real Solution?Now that this year's fight over Medicare physician fees is all but over, it is important t...

Labels: Medicare, Physician Fees, Primary Care Crisis

Posted by Admin | 7:23 AM

Whenever the subject of Medicare physician fee payments comes up on this blog, the reaction from physicians, particularly primary care docs,...

Labels: Health Care Costs, Health Care Trend, Medicare, Primary Care Crisis

Posted by Admin | 9:00 AM

Physicians are facing a 10% Medicare fee cut on July 1st, a total of 15% in cuts on January 1, 2009, a cumulative total of 20% on January 1,...

Labels: Congressional Agenda, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Primary Care Crisis

Posted by Admin | 12:46 PM

Brian Klepper's recent post, "What Walgreens Surely Sees" got Health Beat's Maggie Mahar thinking and the result is one of...

Labels: Primary Care Crisis

Posted by Admin | 11:18 AM

Today, Brian Klepper returns with one of the more intriguing posts we have seen from him.This time he looks at a relatively unnoticed acquis...

Labels: Primary Care Crisis