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Modernizing Medical Attribution

Author: Michael N. Cantor, MD MA

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 12/2020

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Proper attribution is a key component of any program attempting to successfully adopt value-based care or report on quality measures.^{1, 2} With proper attribution, providers both know their population and know that the rewards (or punishments) they receive stem from patients whose medical outcomes they have influence over. To anyone outside of medicine, the very idea that there may be ambiguity in attribution must seem surreal. How many lawyers, architects, or electricians would agree to payment based on clients who may or may not actually be theirs? …

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Title: Modernizing Medical Attribution
Author: Michael N. Cantor, MD MA
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 12/2020
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05838-7

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