Physicians and cost containment
ISSUE SUMMARY
As national health policy continues to evolve, issues around containing the cost of care are among the most difficult to address in a meaningful way, while ensuring that patients continue to receive medically necessary, high quality care in the appropriate setting.
ADOPTED ACTION OR POLICY
KMS reaffirms that as new reimbursement and health care financing plans evolve, physicians should be reminded that their first responsibility is that of patient advocate, and while being conscious of costs, the delivery of quality medical care is the physician’s foremost consideration.
Adopted by the KMS House of Delegates on April 30, 2011.
