A very smart person in the healthcare benefits space wrote that family physicians can’t influence much the top 25 most costly DRGs in hospitals. Here was my response: There are many reasons this isn’t true. But it’s understandable that a benefits or administrative person would have no inkling of this, because...
Read More »

Recently I was in a group email discussion about primary care. This group is mostly people on the business/benefits side of healthcare. All members of this group have shown that they think the current U.S. healthcare system is wasteful and unsustainable. One of the members said that Medicaid increased primary care...
Read More »