Dutch Rojas and Brittani James, MD criticize healthcare governance as being controlled by non-clinical executives, pointing to committees advising Medicare physician pay with no independent physicians and to financial metrics overriding clinical priorities.
Zero independent physicians.
The committee will now advise on Medicare physician payment rates.
decision-making power being in the hands of Executives without clinical training.
Success metrics that are financial and operational but not clinical
There would be no “rural” health crisis if physicians were allowed to have ownership in hospitals.
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