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...since physicians get paid through fee-for-service rather than, say, for curing their patients, their primary incentive is to do more stuff. CMS is starting to experiment with pay-for-performance programs that address this concern. But such measures can work only if they are remunerative enough to counter the base incentives that drive excess care. "A few pennies here and there is not going to change what physicians do every day," says Pham. "They're not stupid, and they have business managers...
...absolutely massive attention Islamist terrorism has gotten since September 11 has created a lucrative field for real and bogus analysts, experts, commentators - and even repented extremists," says one French counter-terrorism expert, who says his own inquiry among colleagues has yet to find anyone confirming Nasiri's alleged work for the French. "It's ironic that in this rush to cash in on terrorism, the charlatans usually scream louder than people with valuable information. Is that Nasiri's case - is he lying? I don't know. Am I skeptical? Absolutely. Will we ever find out if he's legitimate...
...waited until August, four months after the March deadline, to submit her choice of school? "I think she was living in Florida," Gordon said. The lawyer representing the school district did not challenge Meredith's standing to represent all parents of Jefferson County students. Instead, he used Meredith to counter the Solicitor General's claim that the students there get trapped in a particular school because of their skin color. Although Meredith's transfer request was not granted the first time around, her son got into her school of choice as a second-grader. Regardless of where Meredith...
...many regions. We carry out strategic obligations as peacekeepers in these regions. But the E.U. is disregarding all of that to focus on one issue alone," says the Turkish Foreign Ministry official. "They are holding a strategic vision of the future hostage to the Cyprus issue." European Commission officials counter that Turkey needs to be shown that rules are rules. "The E.U. is a community of law," says Rehn. "Failure to meet them cannot remain without consequences. We need to make this clear...
...Crimson brings three potent scorers to counter an explosive UMD offense that averages 3.64 goals per game. Sophomore forward Jenny Brine, reigning ECAC Player of the Week, leads the nation with 15 goals while senior co-captain Julie Chu and sophomore forward Sarah Vaillancourt have 26 and 19 points, respectively, in only eight games each...