In a Washington Post op-ed this morning, a columnist defies the argument that the central “problem” with the cost of healthcare in this country has nothing to do with Big Pharma, Big Insurance, or any of the other “Big Corporate” monoliths which drive, to an extent, the healthcare economy — it’s the docs who provide it. It’s that simple.

Employing a back-to-basics approach, the op-ed argues that the biggest influence on problematic practice patterns among physicians is the motivation of certain outside factors which can “color” treatments. Influences such as highly reimbursible procedures, compensation inequities among different specialties, and the lack of a cohesive evidenced-based “best practices” model are just some of the reasons behind expense drivers in healthcare delivery. | LINK

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