Higher Salaries May Be Justifiable

Higher doctor salaries may be justifiable, if the results are better.  Here's why....

Caveat: To prove my contention, the following minimum information technology is prerequisite.  Get all six (6) items in place and functional and the justification for higher salaries will be obvious.  In other words, pay more for better care.  The obverse is also true.  (Rhetorically, why should we pay a lot for care that is of little or no value?)

  1. Episodes of care - all care over time, regardless of setting, i.e., a longitudinal record,
  2. Case-mix or acuity adjustment (so that apples are compared to apples),
  3. Incentives that do not encourage (and health care administrations that do not tolerate) underutilization, or the obverse, churning or doctor-induced, inappropriate demand,
  4. Payment for patient education, outreach, social services, monitoring and other relevant soft stuff, and
  5. No financial barrier, or
  6. Bureaucratic interference/burdensome paperwork, hoops to jump through or prior authorization procedures where specialty societies (not medical directors or P&T committees) dictate the standard of care, protocols and guidelines.
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