By finding ways to be paid for quality, improve their financial management and accounting systems, and drive out waste, the 42 prototype sites are strengthening their finances. Clearly, however, the current financing system frustrates efforts to practice optimally, and nearly everyone agrees that it must be reformed. FPM will tackle these issues in the coming months, publishing articles that survey promising alternative financing models that are emerging in the industry and that discuss how to get paid for quality in the current system. The medical records system should evolve as well, and more attention needs to be paid to this topic by U.S. medical schools. Ga. We want to hear from you.
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