title: Payment reform--the need to harmonize approaches in Medicare and the private sector.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Peter V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Berenson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tooker
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017149:Private Sector / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States