LEADER 03503nam 22005655 450 001 9910150249303321 005 20230810001319.0 010 $a9780674545373 010 $a0674545370 010 $a9780674545380 010 $a0674545389 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674545380 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942205 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4816221 035 $a(DE-B1597)479769 035 $a(OCoLC)984546144 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674545380 035 $a(Perlego)3119797 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942205 100 $a20170310d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFixing Medical Prices $eHow Physicians Are Paid /$fMiriam J. Laugesen 210 1$aCambridge, MA : $cHarvard University Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (286 pages) 311 08$a9780674545168 311 08$a0674545168 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1. Introduction: The House of Medicine and Medical Prices -- $t2. The Enduring Influence of the House of Medicine over Prices -- $t3. The Science of Work and Payment Reform -- $t4. How Doctors Get Paid -- $t5. Conflicts of Interest and Problems of Evidence -- $t6. Complexity, Agency Capture, and the Game of Codes -- $t7. Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aMedical care prices in the United States are not only the most expensive in the world, but there are wide variations in what physicians are paid. Doctors at the frontlines of medical care who manage complex conditions argue that they receive disproportionately lower fees than physicians performing services such as minor surgeries and endoscopies. Fixing Medical Prices goes to the heart of the U.S. medical pricing process: to a largely unknown yet influential committee of medical organizations affiliated with the American Medical Association that advises Medicare. Medicare?s ready acceptance of this committee?s recommendations typically sets off a chain reaction across the entire American health care system. For decades, the U.S. policymaking structure for pricing has reflected the influence of physician organizations. What Miriam Laugesen?s rich analysis shows is how these organizations navigate the arcane and complex work of this advisory committee. Contradicting the story of a profession in political decline, Fixing Medical Prices demonstrates that the power of physician organizations has simply become more subtle. Laugesen?s investigation into the exorbitant cost of American medical care will be of interest to those who follow the politics of health care policy, the influence of interest groups on rate setting, and the medical profession?s past and future role in our health care system. 606 $aMedical economics$zUnited States 606 $aMedical care$zUnited States$xEvaluation 606 $aMedicare 606 $aHealth services administration$zUnited States 615 0$aMedical economics 615 0$aMedical care$xEvaluation. 615 0$aMedicare. 615 0$aHealth services administration 676 $a338.4/73621 700 $aLaugesen$b Miriam J.$01248985 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150249303321 996 $aFixing Medical Prices$92894560 997 $aUNINA