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The end of fee-for-service medicine? Proposals for payment reform in Massachusetts.

A special commission has proposed that Massachusetts effectively end fee-for-service medicine, the predominant form of payment for health care services, and replace it with a system of global payments that combines the approaches of risk-adjusted capitation and pay for performance with a strong focus on primary care. Dr. Robert Steinbrook reports.