"There are now concrete signs that health care's purchasers are exhausted and seeking new solutions, that a competitive marketplace is emerging and getting increasing traction.... For decades, fee-for-service payment, inclusive health plan networks, and a lack of quality, safety and cost transparency have been enforced by health industry influence over policy, effectively neutralizing the power of market forces. Without market pressure, physicians have felt little need to understand their own performance relative to that of their peers."  MORE >>