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There are lots of examples of programs where payers (insurance companies, medicare, etc) pay doctors who are meeting various measures. This could be anything fo
by JshWright 8y ago
There are lots of examples of programs where payers (insurance companies, medicare, etc) pay doctors who are meeting various measures. This could be anything form ensuring patients who are at risk for various diseases (cancer, diabetes, etc) get screened for those diseases, to making sure high blood pressure is well controlled, to making sure patients are getting vaccinated. Check out CPC+ as just one example.
There is nothing inherently bad about these incentive models (they are trying to address a number of issues with the current fee-for-service model). If anything, they are proof of the efficacy of these actions. The "evil" insurance company's primary goal is spending less money on care, so if they're willing to pay doctors to vaccinate at the recommended rate, then clearly it's in their financial interest to do so (i.e. vaccinated patients cost the insurance company less money, which is a pretty good proxy for "vaccinated patients have fewer health issues").
Can you articulate why you would want to "slow down" the vaccination schedule? The current guidelines are based on a significant body of research. What evidence are you basing your decision on?