> We pay most doctors and hospitals based on patient outcomes, not fee-for-service.
Wouldn't doctors be incentivized by this fee structure to walk away from difficult cases, where a treatment is risky but is the last hope for the patient, if they won't be paid for the likely bad outcome?
Wouldn't doctors be incentivized by this fee structure to walk away from difficult cases, where a treatment is risky but is the last hope for the patient, if they won't be paid for the likely bad outcome?