Thoughts on "episodic" payment

[guitarguy09]

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I recently came across this article (even though it's a few months old)...

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/01/30/beyond-fee-for-service-paying-doctors-for-episodes-of-care/

What are your thoughts as to how this would affect anesthesia? Perhaps the hospital will just be given a total sum for a particular surgery that will have to be divided between the hosp/surgeon/anesthesiologist, etc??

 

[RxBoy]

I recently came across this article (even though it's a few months old)...

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/01/30/beyond-fee-for-service-paying-doctors-for-episodes-of-care/

What are your thoughts as to how this would affect anesthesia? Perhaps the hospital will just be given a total sum for a particular surgery that will have to be divided between the hosp/surgeon/anesthesiologist, etc??

I started a thread on this topic about a month back:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=7807510#post7807510

 

[guitarguy09]

My bad. I tried a search using "episodic" or something to that effect and not "bundled". If preferred, feel free to close out this thread. Sorry about that.