Health Affairs Briefing: The Evolving Landscape Of Physician Practice

You are invited to join Health Affairs for our March 2016 issue briefing at which we will highlight a group of articles related to how physicians practice medicine. Specific topics include the cost to physician practices of tracking and reporting on quality measures, trends in provider payment methods, public reporting of surgeons' outcomes data, reducing hospital readmissions, and trends in physician attitudes on the changing landscape of physician practice.

WHEN:
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC (Metro Center)

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The forum will take place on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and the program will feature presentations from the following authors:

• Elaine M. Burns, Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, on Understanding The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Public Reporting On Surgeon-Specific Outcome Data
• Lawrence P. Casalino, Livingston Farrand Professor, Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital, on US Physician Practices Spend $15.4 Billion Annually To Report Quality Measures
• Carolyn Dickens, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, on Narrative Matters: Mr. G And The Revolving Door: Breaking The Readmission Cycle At A Safety-Net Hospital
• Phil Miller, Vice President for Communications, Merritt Hawkins and Staff Care, on The Medical Profession's Future: A Struggle Between Caring For Patients And Bottom-Line Pressures
• Samuel H. Zuvekas, Senior Economist, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, on Fee-For-Service, While Much Maligned, Remains The Dominant Method For Physician Visits

Health Affairs is grateful to the Physicians Foundation for its generous support of these articles and the event.

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