title: Keep it simple, stupid. Administrative complexity raises costs, frustrates patients and hampers care.
abstract: The administrative complexity of the U.S. health care system places an enormous wedge between our scientific capability and our performance in serving people promptly, affordably and inclusively. Those adverse effects have eroded public trust in health care and threaten the availability of physicians and other health workers to provide care for a growing and aging population. The author details the problem--and offers a solution.
authors.affiliation: wfj@mgma.com
authors.forename: William F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Jessee
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States