The idea of more streamlined, less wasteful, more cost-efficient health care that, coincidentally, helps the patient is one that should make people stand up and cheer.
But not if it’s not fully formed.
TennCare, the Medicaid program for Tennesseans, is phasing in just such a program, and the results have the potential to be catastrophic.
The concept is to reward or penalize doctors based on patient outcomes, and the goal is more efficiency in resources and better coordination and follow-through in patient care.
The goal is good, but the concept needs some work.