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• Pay-for-performance program focuses on Web-based quality data 

  IN THIS ARTICLE ... One can hardly pick up a copy of any medical publication without finding pay-for-performance (P4P) plans boldly presented....

  Physician Executive, 11/01/06 by Michael A. Patmas · More from publication

• Unexplained clinical variance: are health plans responsible? 

  IN THIS ARTICLE ... The perplexing phenomenon know as "unexplained clinical variance" has drawn considerable attention. The Dartmouth Atlas of...

  Physician Executive, 03/01/06 by Michael A. Patmas · More from publication

• Keeping PACE: anatomy of a turnaround 

  IN THIS ARTICLE ... "We can't sustain these losses anymore! If you can't turn this around, we'll have to do something." Those were ominous...

  Physician Executive, 01/01/06 by Michael A. Patmas · More from publication

• Teaching clinic lowers radiology utilization: a look at how to achieve more cost-effective imaging - Management 

  Radiology is an increasingly complex, highly technical, computerized specialty. The days of plain radiographs have given way to a myriad of imaging...

  Physician Executive, 01/01/04 by Michael A. Patmas · More from publication

• Teaching clinic lowers pharmacy costs: how to achieve more cost-effective prescribing - Prescription Drugs 

  There's a new drug war in America and skyrocketing pharmacy costs are the enemy. The nation's drug bill has been rising 14 to 18 percent a year (1)...

  Physician Executive, 01/01/03 by Michael A. Patmas · More from publication

• The Art of Mismanagement: Inside A Debacle - author relates how acquisition ruined a medical practice 

  "When one doesn't know for what port one is making, no wind is the right wind." "When one doesn't know for what port one is making, no wind is...

  Physician Executive, 01/01/01 by Michael A. Patmas · More from publication