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A handful of physicians say that rewarding doctors for their performance instead of the number of services they perform is flawed. It’s a practice that rewards doctors for meeting certain targets, and docks pay for those who don’t. It’s a way of practicing medicine that is now part of the health care law that Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick recently signed. Callie Crossley speaks with a doctor who says pay-for-performance programs are inherently problematic.
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