title: An overview: physician payment reform--the key step in health system improvement.
authors.affiliation: 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Goldfield
mesh_terms: D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D009819:Office Visits; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D020379:Risk Adjustment; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States