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Health Affairs Blog
Discusses physician payment reform
10/2012

Archives of Internal Medicine
Vignette describing themes involved in patient centered care.
7/2012

Health Affairs Blog
Discusses Patient Centered Care. 1/24/2012

Health Affairs Blog 9/7/2011  Discusses physician payment reform.

Health Affairs Blog
  7/29/2011  Discusses health care reform and physicians' duty to improve our system for the good of our patients.

New England Journal of Medicine   10/1/2009
Letter discussing disparities in incomes between specialists and the effect this has on our system.


THCB 3/2013
Essay discussing the great importance of physician empathy and lessons we can learn from Apple's tremendous success.


Health Affairs January 2012
Letter discussing surgical utilization rates.


American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery  5/2009
Discusses Medicare's financial crisis.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
  3/2009
Compares today's orthopedic reimbursement to historical averages.


New York Times  1/30/2012
Letter discussing the necessity of healthcare reform.

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
  9/2007
Letter discussing compassionate care

New York Times 12/9/10
Letter regarding physicians' duty to their patients.

The New Yorker Magazine 1/10/2010
Letter discussing cost-control measure in health care reform

New York Times 12/28/09
Letter regarding marketing by health care providers.

New York Times 7/16/2009
Letter regarding physician payment reform.

New York Times  6/14/2009
Letter regarding physician payment reform.

Barrons Magazine 11/20/2010 (truncated by editors)




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