Saturday, October 1, 2011

States Lining Up To Drop P4P For Doctors

I only wish the headline was true.  It is, though, what is happening to the No Child Left Behind law because it has caused nothing but headaches due to teaching to the test. President Barack Obama signed an executive order allowing states to request waivers from mandatory participation in the program  Right now at least 27 states are going to opt out.  The same problems the states have with this law is the same problem doctors are having and will have with pay-for-performance.  It is bad for patients and bad for doctors.  It takes the art out of medicine.