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Insurers Again at Odds With Hospitals and Physicians

Insurers Again at Odds With Hospitals and Physicians News & Analysis Sara Lazar, PhD, assistant professor of Mindfulness in Practice health field, previous meditation training, psychology at Harvard Medical School, Steven M. Tovian, PhD, clinical and health and a committed daily meditation practice whose research has shown MBSR to be as- psychologist and associate professor of psy- (http://bit.ly/1M68nTs). sociatedwithstructuralchangesinthebrain, chiatry and behavioral sciences at North- According to Steven D. Hickman, believes that the perceived need for a sham western University’s Feinberg School of PsyD, director of the Center for Mindful- intervention may be overblown. Medicine, emphasized the importance of ness and associate clinical professor in the “No one does sham surgeries,” said managing patient expectations. Department of Psychiatry at UCSD, while Lazar, adding that often, research on “medi- “This is not a cure,” he said. “It’s a con- MBSR need not be administered by health tation is held to a higher standard than trol mechanism.” Tovian uses MBSR tech- care professionals, it is often administered [other] medical practices.” niques in conjunction with biofeedback to by therapists and even by some physi- Lazaralsopointedoutthatanactivecon- help neutralize patients’ stress and anxiety, cians. Hickman says that MBSR is usually trol group can mask an intervention’s thera- help control pain, and reduce http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Insurers Again at Odds With Hospitals and Physicians

Cutler, David M.
JAMA , Volume 314 (13) – Oct 6, 2015
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0098-7484
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10.1001/jama.2015.11886
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News & Analysis Sara Lazar, PhD, assistant professor of Mindfulness in Practice health field, previous meditation training, psychology at Harvard Medical School, Steven M. Tovian, PhD, clinical and health and a committed daily meditation practice whose research has shown MBSR to be as- psychologist and associate professor of psy- (http://bit.ly/1M68nTs). sociatedwithstructuralchangesinthebrain, chiatry and behavioral sciences at North- According to Steven D. Hickman, believes that the perceived need for a sham western University’s Feinberg School of PsyD, director of the Center for Mindful- intervention may be overblown. Medicine, emphasized the importance of ness and associate clinical professor in the “No one does sham surgeries,” said managing patient expectations. Department of Psychiatry at UCSD, while Lazar, adding that often, research on “medi- “This is not a cure,” he said. “It’s a con- MBSR need not be administered by health tation is held to a higher standard than trol mechanism.” Tovian uses MBSR tech- care professionals, it is often administered [other] medical practices.” niques in conjunction with biofeedback to by therapists and even by some physi- Lazaralsopointedoutthatanactivecon- help neutralize patients’ stress and anxiety, cians. Hickman says that MBSR is usually trol group can mask an intervention’s thera- help control pain, and reduce

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Published: Oct 6, 2015

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