American Association for Physician Leadership

Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: A New Approach to Medicare for All

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Today, employed physicians and independent physicians alike feel powerless. Hospital-employed doctors feel like cogs in a machine, and community doctors are increasingly threatened by forces beyond their control. Physician-led healthcare reform would give them back a large measure of control and pride in their work.

The Medicare for All debate has mostly focused on how the U.S. should finance healthcare. This book, directed to physicians, healthcare administrators, health policy experts, politicians, and consumers, explains why the U.S. healthcare delivery system must be restructured to lower costs—and how to do it.

Unless we can get doctors to change how they practice, Medicare for All will struggle with the same cost pressures that have made our system the most expensive in the world.

The biggest problems of physicians—both employed and independent--are a loss of professional autonomy, overwhelming administrative requirements, and the conflict between business and patient care imperatives.

From the Foreword

“With this manual, leaders of health systems and medical groups can achieve these goals and align their physicians, management, care teams, payers, and patients to deliver exceptional care that will improve quality while lowering costs, resulting in better care, better patient experience, and more affordable health care.”

This book, at this critical time, offers a comprehensive argument in favor of physician-led reform.


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Ken Terry, the author of two previous books on health care policy and practice, has been writing about the health care field for more than 25 years. As a senior editor at Medical Economics from 1993-2007, he covered all aspects of medical practice business, focusing especially on managed care and health information technology. Terry received several journalism awards, including a Neal Award from American Business Media. Since 2008, Terry has contributed freelance articles to a wide variety of publications, ranging from Medical Economics, Medscape Medical News, and cio.com to InformationWeek and FierceHealthIT.

For over 45 years.

The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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