AJMC January 17, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic allowed experts to get a “bird’s eye view” of how the US health care system may function with a lower intensity of care, said Kenneth Cohen, MD, FACP, executive director of clinical research at UnitedHealth Group Research and Development and senior national medical director at OptumCare.
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Why does the use of low-value care persist despite the knowledge that it can cause harm, incur unnecessary costs, and waste health care resources?
Low-value care, I don’t believe is going to disappear until there’s fundamental reform of our reimbursement model, and I’ve mentioned this before. There are perverse incentives in our current model that encourage the use of low-value care. And when physicians are responsible for the care of...
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