Medical doctors are largely overwhelmed by their work and disengaged from key healthcare reform measures such as value-based payments, accountable care organizations, and electronic health records, survey data shows.

The government is not going to increase its reimbursement rates, says Stuart Altman, PhD. "There's a general feeling that the gap is about as wide as it can go."

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has all but declared war on readmissions. But one researcher suggests that the relationship between readmission rates and quality is flawed.