Policy and Legislation
While physicians are motivated to improve care quality, new frustrations with the complicated law coupled with change fatigue will bog doctors down.
Transformation of healthcare system is larger than any one president or administration, Burwell says.
While focus on care coordination and consumerism may likely continue, insiders worry that too much change could hurt them.
Price, a Georgia physician who opposes the Affordable Care Act, abortion and funding for Planned Parenthood, among other things, could have a rapid impact without even a presidential order or an act of Congress
Donald Trump has chosen an orthopedic surgeon who in his congressional career, has loyally promoted the interests of the medical profession.
Since state's law was passed in 2011, no health insurer has taken advantage of it.
Essential to keeping health insurance affordable and markets stable is keeping federal funding for both individuals and insurers.
One model will test whether a four-step process to integrate shared decision-making into routine clinical practice lowers cost while improving quality.
Sierra Club California considers working with health care advocates to prevent the rollback of the Affordable Care Act.
The bill earmarks $1.8 billion for Vice President Joe Biden's "cancer moonshot."