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Sep 2025
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They Way Most Docs are Paid Doesn’t Lead...

The Students of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
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How the system pays doctors can change healthcare outcomes—sometimes in scary ways. The way docs are paid can make patients sicker…or can lead to healthier ones. The payment schemes most docs work under incentivize them to fix patients, while others motivate them to prevent illness—and geriatrician Dr. Jonathan “Nathan” Flacker is here to explain why. This ... Show More
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