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Cost Profiles of Doctors Appeal Powerfully to MedPac as Method to Moderate Premium Increases
CQ HealthBeat via The Commonwealth Fund Link to more items from this source
Nov. 2, 2004
Excerpt: Arnold Milstein, a leading expert on health care purchasing, says few other options in health care have as much power as 'provider profiling' to moderate health insurance premium increases. In a point of view echoed by other commissioners at a meeting of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission on Thursday, Milstein said the technique--which compares individual doctors on how many tests and other procedures they order for a particular type of care--should be a central part of Medicare.

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