#120 Policy, Patients, Payments, Paperwork

Join us in this roundtable discussion of patients before paperwork, administrative burden, the new CMS payment model proposal, and a bit on health insurance with cohost, Fatima Syed MD MSc and guest, Deep Shah MD MSc. Doctors Syed and Shah are both early career physicians with masters degrees in comparative social policy from Oxford University and are active members of the American College of Physicians. ACP members can visit https://acponline.org/curbsiders to claim free CME-MOC credit for this episode. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at [email protected]. Credits Written and produced by: Fatima Syed MD MSc and Matthew Watto MD CME questions by: Matthew Watto MD Hosts: Fatima Syed MD MSc, Matthew Watto MD Guest: Deep Shah MD MSc Time Stamps 00:00 Disclaimer, intro, and guest bios 02:18 Guest one liners, book recommendations, picks of the week 11:00 Administrative burden 16:00 Will the documentation problem get better? Suggestions for improvement 25:11 Why do CMS rules spread to the private insurance sector? 29:30 What innovations might reduce administrative burden? 32:40 The Affordable Care Act, health insurance, price transparency 40:20 Take home points 43:20 Outro