New health care payment model lowering costs

A first-of-its kind health plan that rewards doctors for keeping patients healthy, rather than just doing expensive procedures, lowered health care spending and improved the quality of patient care for the fourth straight year, according to a new study. Zirui Song, clinical fellow in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author, and Michael Chernew, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, is the senior author, of the research.

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