Policy and Health Issues in the News Payment Reform Necessary for Physicians to Provide Appropriate Chronic Illness Care America's health care delivery and payment systems are failing patients with chronic diseases, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that all patients with asthma receive an influenza vaccine because they are at higher risk of flu-related complications. In addition to benefiting physicians, the legislation provides a financial break for Medicare beneficiaries with mental health disorders by reducing, and eventually eliminating, discriminatory copayment rates for outpatient psychiatric therapeutic services.
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