National Commission on Physician Payment Reform: Six Principles That Should Guide Any System of Physician Payment Reform

1. Payment reform should result in a decreased rate of growth in total per capita expenditures and improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of health care delivery systems.
2. Payment reform should encourage the routine delivery of evidence-based care and discourage inappropriate care or care that adds minimal value.
3. Payment reform should encourage caring for and managing those with complex medical problems, multiple social support needs, and those who are traditionally medically disadvantaged.
4. Recalibrating physician reimbursement should be done by considering total medical expenses not just as a zero-sum game of physician-related expenses.
5. Payment reform should be transparent to patients and the public. Interested patients should have access to easily understood summary-level information about how physicians are paid.
6. Payment reform should reward patient-centered comprehensive care that includes management of transitions between sites of care and among providers of care.

Source: National Commission on Physician Payment Reform
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