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The Problem with Pay-Per-Service in Healthcare and IT

September 18, 2009

I caught part of a Charlie Rose interview with Jay Rockefeller this morning (episode not online yet) and heard the senator say that pay-per-service healthcare is a bad idea.  Being deeply immersed in the cloud computing discussion that hangs its hat on a similar payment model, I paid more attention than I might normally.  He said it’s bad because it encourages providers to add more services to make more money – regardless of their appropriateness. ...

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