This fundamental question about medicine can get lost in all of our discussions about healthcare. And nowhere are we losing sight of it more than in our efforts to measure quality and pay on value.
If what we want is high-quality care from highly motivated physicians that creates great outcomes, we need to look at the cost of quality measures and the true impact of value-based pay. Because so far, neither is yielding the things we say we value most.
HALEE FISCHER-WRIGHT, who received her M.D. from the University of Colorado, is a nationally recognized physician leader, health care executive, and former business consultant, whose work focuses on innovation and creating cultures of excellence. Dr. Fischer-Wright is president and CEO of Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and is the co-author of Tribal Leadership, a New York Times bestseller.
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