Dr. Dhruv Khullar

Patient mistrust of the healthcare system, which has come under new focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, is partly the result of an increasingly consumer-oriented healthcare system, according to a new commentary by a Weill Cornell Medicine investigator.

Physicians who care for the most socially disadvantaged patients were more likely to receive lower scores in a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program that financially rewards high-value care than physicians who care for more affluent populations, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

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