Is fee-for-service the smoking gun for U.S. health care spending?

<p>The U.S. health policy community recognizes that fee-for-service models incentivize physicians and health systems to perform more tasks than may be needed. And, these models can contribute to industry fragmentation as organizations chase revenue.</p><p>But is fee-for-service really the smoking gun when it comes to the high levels of U.S. health care spending?</p><p>The answer is, unsurprisingly, complicated. </p><p>To discuss, Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Dr. Michael K. Gusmano, professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health and research scholar at The Hastings Center, to examine <a href="/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01804">how physician payments are set in France, Germany, and Japan</a>. These countries all employ fee-for-service models but pay less than the U.S. when it comes to health spending.</p><p>What can the U.S. learn from these countries? Is policy importation even possible?</p><p>Alan Weil and Dr. Gusmano explore these questions and more on A Health Podyssey.</p><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-health-podyssey">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-health-podyssey/id1533852530">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2EtaGVhbHRoLXBvZHlzc2V5">Google Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3tAEbXdlzlcgjLTHfJMYqR">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castro.fm/itunes/1533852530">Castro</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=576615&amp;refid=stpr">Stitcher</a></p>