http://www.letstalkhealthcare.org/health-care-costs/controlling-costs/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.letstalkhealthcare.org/health-care-costs/controlling-costs/#comment-4671 Barry Carol Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:06:44 +0000 http://www.letstalkhealthcare.org/health-care-costs/controlling-costs/#comment-4671 You should also pay especially close attention to differences in practice patterns between doctors and hospitals in MA vs those in much more cost-effective systems like Mayo and Inter-Mountain. To the extent that national best practices in all aspects of healthcare can be identified and quantified, benchmarking, coupled with appropriate P4P metrics might also be useful. You should also pay especially close attention to differences in practice patterns between doctors and hospitals in MA vs those in much more cost-effective systems like Mayo and Inter-Mountain. To the extent that national best practices in all aspects of healthcare can be identified and quantified, benchmarking, coupled with appropriate P4P metrics might also be useful.

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