Author: James C. Robinson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520923768
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
One of the country's leading health economists presents a provocative analysis of the transformation of American medicine from a system of professional dominance to an industry under corporate control. James Robinson examines the economic and political forces that have eroded the traditional medical system of solo practice and fee-for-service insurance, hindered governmental regulation, and invited the market competition and organizational innovations that now are under way. The trend toward health care corporatization is irreversible, he says, and it parallels analogous trends toward privatization in the world economy. The physician is the key figure in health care, and how physicians are organized is central to the health care system, says Robinson. He focuses on four forms of physician organization to illustrate how external pressures have led to health care innovations: multispecialty medical groups, Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), physician practice management firms, and physician-hospital organizations. These physician organizations have evolved in the past two decades by adopting from the larger corporate sector similar forms of ownership, governance, finance, compensation, and marketing. In applying economic principles to the maelstrom of health care, Robinson highlights the similarities between competition and consolidation in medicine and in other sectors of the economy. He points to hidden costs in fee-for-service medicine—overtreatment, rampant inflation, uncritical professional dominance regarding treatment decisions—factors often overlooked when newer organizational models are criticized. Not everyone will share Robinson's appreciation for market competition and corporate organization in American health care, but he challenges those who would return to the inefficient and inequitable era of medicine from which we've just emerged. Forcefully written and thoroughly documented, The Corporate Practice of Medicine presents a thoughtful—and optimistic—view of a future health care system, one in which physician entrepreneurship is a dynamic component.
The Corporate Practice of Medicine
Author: James C. Robinson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520923768
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
One of the country's leading health economists presents a provocative analysis of the transformation of American medicine from a system of professional dominance to an industry under corporate control. James Robinson examines the economic and political forces that have eroded the traditional medical system of solo practice and fee-for-service insurance, hindered governmental regulation, and invited the market competition and organizational innovations that now are under way. The trend toward health care corporatization is irreversible, he says, and it parallels analogous trends toward privatization in the world economy. The physician is the key figure in health care, and how physicians are organized is central to the health care system, says Robinson. He focuses on four forms of physician organization to illustrate how external pressures have led to health care innovations: multispecialty medical groups, Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), physician practice management firms, and physician-hospital organizations. These physician organizations have evolved in the past two decades by adopting from the larger corporate sector similar forms of ownership, governance, finance, compensation, and marketing. In applying economic principles to the maelstrom of health care, Robinson highlights the similarities between competition and consolidation in medicine and in other sectors of the economy. He points to hidden costs in fee-for-service medicine—overtreatment, rampant inflation, uncritical professional dominance regarding treatment decisions—factors often overlooked when newer organizational models are criticized. Not everyone will share Robinson's appreciation for market competition and corporate organization in American health care, but he challenges those who would return to the inefficient and inequitable era of medicine from which we've just emerged. Forcefully written and thoroughly documented, The Corporate Practice of Medicine presents a thoughtful—and optimistic—view of a future health care system, one in which physician entrepreneurship is a dynamic component.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520923768
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
One of the country's leading health economists presents a provocative analysis of the transformation of American medicine from a system of professional dominance to an industry under corporate control. James Robinson examines the economic and political forces that have eroded the traditional medical system of solo practice and fee-for-service insurance, hindered governmental regulation, and invited the market competition and organizational innovations that now are under way. The trend toward health care corporatization is irreversible, he says, and it parallels analogous trends toward privatization in the world economy. The physician is the key figure in health care, and how physicians are organized is central to the health care system, says Robinson. He focuses on four forms of physician organization to illustrate how external pressures have led to health care innovations: multispecialty medical groups, Independent Practice Associations (IPAs), physician practice management firms, and physician-hospital organizations. These physician organizations have evolved in the past two decades by adopting from the larger corporate sector similar forms of ownership, governance, finance, compensation, and marketing. In applying economic principles to the maelstrom of health care, Robinson highlights the similarities between competition and consolidation in medicine and in other sectors of the economy. He points to hidden costs in fee-for-service medicine—overtreatment, rampant inflation, uncritical professional dominance regarding treatment decisions—factors often overlooked when newer organizational models are criticized. Not everyone will share Robinson's appreciation for market competition and corporate organization in American health care, but he challenges those who would return to the inefficient and inequitable era of medicine from which we've just emerged. Forcefully written and thoroughly documented, The Corporate Practice of Medicine presents a thoughtful—and optimistic—view of a future health care system, one in which physician entrepreneurship is a dynamic component.
Corporate Practice of Medicine
Author: Stuart G. Silverman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780769881867
Category : Medical corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780769881867
Category : Medical corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Corporate Practice of Medicine
Author: Andrew G. Jack
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781522186243
Category : Medical corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781522186243
Category : Medical corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Corporate Practice of Medicine
Author: James Claude Robinson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520220768
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This is an analysis of the transformation of American medicine from a system of professional dominance to an industry under corporate control. It examines the economic and political forces that have eroded the medical system and invited market competition and organizational innovatives.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520220768
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This is an analysis of the transformation of American medicine from a system of professional dominance to an industry under corporate control. It examines the economic and political forces that have eroded the medical system and invited market competition and organizational innovatives.
What Is the Corporate Practice of Medicine and Fee-Splitting?
Author: Ari J. Markenson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781641057820
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781641057820
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Corporate Practice of Medicine Doctrine
Author: Allegra Kim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781587032288
Category : Medical corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781587032288
Category : Medical corporations
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Patient Care and Professional Responsibility
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporate practice of medicine doctrine
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporate practice of medicine doctrine
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Corporate Practice of Medicine Prohibition in the Modern Era of Health Care
Author: Francis J. Serbaroli
Publisher: BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)
ISBN: 9781558714144
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: BNA Books (Bureau of National Affairs)
ISBN: 9781558714144
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Study Relating to the Corporate Practice of Medicine in the United States
Author: American Medical Association. Bureau of Legal Medicine and Legislation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Hospitals and the Corporate Practice of Medicine
Author: American Hospital Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hospitals
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description