Reforming provider payment: essential building block for health reform

Reforming provider payment: essential building block for health reform

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Guterman, Stuart, author
David, Karen, author
Schoen, Cathy, author
Stremikis, Kristof, author
Commonwealth Fund, author.
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, March 2009
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- economics
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement -- economics
Reimbursement, Incentive
Reimbursement Mechanisms
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Changing how the nation pays for health care is critical to improve value, achieve better quality, and slow cost growth. This report examines in greater detail key payment reform recommendations made by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System in its report, The Path to a High Performance U.S. Health System. The authors explore bundling payments to cover care over a specified period, revising fees to increase compensation for primary care, and offering providers financial incentives to serve as patient-centered medical homes. These strategies seek to encourage more collaboration among providers, accountability for patient outcomes, and efficient use of resources than exist in our current fragmented system of care. On a foundation of universal health insurance coverage and new systems to promote better decision-making and improve population health, these payment reforms could slow the growth of health spending by $1 trillion through 2020, compared with current projections.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 27 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101548802 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101548802