Politico: The Secret Committee Behind Our Soaring Health Care Costs

Note from Brian: Some of you may be aware that, in the 3 years prior to my involvement with NBCH, I spearheaded a campaign to highlight and correct the massive influence of a little known AMA committee called the Relative Value Scale Update Committee, or RUC. I worked on this effort with six wonderfully dedicated Augusta, GA primary care physicians, led by Paul Fischer.

Yesterday, reporter Katie Jennings Politico published a very nice Politico investigative article providing background on the effort. More background is here.

L-R: Bob Clark MD, Becca Talley MD; Paul Fischer MD;
Edwin Scott MD; Rob Suykerbuyk MD, Les Pollard MD