Word: hsiao
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...Hsiao's project attempts to determine the amount of work involved in everything doctors do--from checkups to brain surgery--so they can be paid what their services are worth...
...chief architect, economist William C. Hsiao of the Harvard School of Public Health, said the plan is intended to correct "distorted and inequitable" fees that pay doctors too little for examining patients and too much for specific procedures and operations...
...general, some of the primary care specialties will rise, and a few of the highly specialized surgical specialties may see a sharp drop in fees for their services," Hsiao said in an interview. "But the impact will not be uniform. Some specialties will not be affected very much...
...Hsiao said that if adopted by government health agencies and insurance companies, his 2000-page plan could have a profound effect on the nation's health care system. Among other things, it could...
...Hsiao, who currently works at First Boston Corporation in New York, recounted the tale of one woman she knew to demonstrate that the interviewing process can be "pretty unsettling." This woman had put her resume in with a number of investment banking firms and had gotten a lot of interviews. The first interview, however, unnerved her sufficiently to persuade her to cancel all the remaining interviews...