Health Affairs contains a survey regarding physicians’ acceptance of new Medicaid patients, which reveals that a significant fraction won’t accept new ones, largely because of low fees. The reform act attempts to ameliorate the issue, but likely will exacerbate it in the longer term.
Another wonderful Potpourri, as lovely as a summer day, with information on small physician practices, medication adherence in Medicaid, access to care in Massachusetts, plan loyalty and PHRs, a survey regarding onsite health centers and hospital productivity in Massachusetts after reform.
At the height of the summer, with dryness across the land, there is no drought of information in our Potpourri, this week including use of an interactive health record to increase preventive care, Medicare and Medicaid geographical variation, shared decision-making, readmissions for heart attacks and Japan’s all-payer rate setting system.