Healthcare Economist March 19, 2019
HHS has a policy paper titled “Reforming America’s Healthcare System Through Choice and Competition“. In the paper, HHS describes four broad areas of reform. I describe each in term, some of the key policy recommendation under each of the four headings, and my thoughts on each reform. Here goes:
- Health care workforce and labor markets. Here HHS makes a number of wise recommendations. The first is to allow specialties to practice at the top of their license. This means granting non-physician clinicians (e.g., physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dental hygenists) more leeway. HHS also recommends increasing provider mobility by allowing easier transfer of board licensing across states. The out-of-state issue is particularly relevant for telehealth, since it would preclude physicians...
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