Fact Based List:

Philip Ronning's Five Principles of Parsimony for Accountable Care

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  1. There are too many specialists
  2. Health systems maintain too much specialty - support capacity
  3. Primary care physicians are the only providers with no stake in the specialties
  4. Primary care physicians will be incentivized (via Shared Savings Program) to responsibly remove demand for unnecessary services
  5. Costs will decrease and health will improve

Source: Parsimony: Accountable Care's Big Idea by Philip Ronning
Source URL: http://www.accountablecarenews.com
Notes: Parsimony white paper provided to Accountable Care News subscirbers in June, 2011