title: Medicare spending could be cut if physicians were rewarded for better health outcomes, not sheer volume of care, experts agree.
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roehr
mesh_terms: D005245:Fee Schedules / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D005260:Female; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D020406:Medicare Payment Advisory Commission / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States