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Chris Murphy: “The fee for service system is baked into the DNA of our healthcare system, and so--reorienting practice so that we're…”

On the recordJune 15, 2015
The fee for service system is baked into the DNA of our healthcare system, and so--reorienting practice so that we're chasing outcomes and quality rather than volume.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Senator Murphy discusses the challenges of changing the healthcare payment system to focus on quality.

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