Pay for Performance and Covert Rationing (1)

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Pay for Performance (P4P) is the latest trend among health insurers and our friends in the government in their never-ending efforts to assure that patients in their charge are receiving top-quality healthcare. At least, that’s what they say.
Under P4P, certain “clinical practice guidelines” are developed by Medicare or private insurers, [...]

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