Health CEOs for Health Reform
PAPER: Realigning U.S. Health Care Incentives to Better Serve Patients and Taxpayers
With the debate over how to credibly finance
health reform taking center stage, Health
CEOs for Health Reform released Realigning
U.S. Health Care Incentives to Better Serve Patients and Taxpayers at an event
on Capitol Hill. The detailed
recommendations emphasize a need to refocus our health care delivery on the
patient and move away from fee-for-service medicine. Most notably, Health CEOs
for Health Reform recommend that providers be held accountable to reasonable
cost and quality standards at a specified date, guaranteeing that health reform
will slow the rate of Medicare cost growth.
Health CEOs for Health Reform make clear that significant savings and a
more sustainable health system are eminently feasible. We have to look no further than our own
backyards to prove it is possible.
View the videos below for some highlights from the event. Full coverage is available here.
HC4HR Press features a complete list of media coverage of the event.
About HC4HR
Principles
Members of HC4HR believe in the following three principles:
- Health reform is an urgent priority for our nation and should not be postponed.
- Meaningful health reform entails both quality, affordable health coverage for all and delivery system reform. This will require all stakeholders to move away from "business as usual."
- A more sustainable health system will require all health care stakeholders to offer and accept changes to their business models as part of a catalytic package that will better serve everyone.
Materials
HC4HR Activities
Publications by HC4HR Members:
- HC4HR: Better Care at Lower Costs with Medical Homes | The New Health Dialogue Blog | July 9, 2009
- HC4HR: What We Know and What We Need to Do in Health Care | The New Health Dialogue Blog | July 8, 2009
- VOICES OF REFORM: Collaboration Key to Affordable, Safe Health Care for All | Gary S. Kaplan, MD | The New Health Dialogue Blog | February 10, 2009
- CEOs' Urgent, Shared Commitment to Change | Gary S. Kaplan, MD | The Health Care Blog | January 27, 2009
- A new momentum for health care reform | Lloyd H. Dean & Bruce Bodaken | San Francisco Chronicle | December 11, 2008
Events:
- January 16, 2009: CEO Summit on Health Care, Washington, DC
- December 11, 2008: Launch of Health CEOs for Health Reform, Washington, DC
HC4HR Press
HC4HR In the News
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Discussion on Health Care Co-ops | C-SPAN Newsmakers | August 23, 2009
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Checking In With Ascension Health, Largest Catholic Health System | Kaiser Health News | August 18, 2009
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Checking In With Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow On A "Model" Health Care System | Kaiser Health News | August 14, 2009
- Mont. Clinic Aims to Deliver Top-quality Care for Less | PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer | August 12, 2009
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Health Care’s Infectious Losses | New York Times | July 5, 2009
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Public/Private Health Debate | Denver Post | July 5, 2009
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The Morning Papers | GoozNews | June 16, 2009
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Healthcare CEOs Offer Quality-Driven Payment Model | Health Leaders Media | June 15, 2009
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Checking In With Group Health Cooperative's Pam MacEwan | Kaiser Health News | June 15, 2009
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This Week With George Stephanopoulos | Transcript via CQ Politics | June 14, 2009
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Health Plan May Mean Payment Cuts | New York Times | June 13, 2009
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White House's DeParle Praises Hospital CEOs' Health Reform Efforts | BNA | June 13, 2009
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Payment System Overhaul Must Be Part of Health Reform, Panel Says | BNA | June 13, 2009
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A Group of Health CEOs Wants To End Medicare Fee-For-Service Payments | Kaiser Health News | June 12, 2009
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Health Reform: Ideas At Work vs. Self-Negating Arguments | Huffington Post | June 12, 2009
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Health Care CEOs Push for Systematic Reform of Health Care | AAFP News Now | December 23, 2008
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Health CEOs for Health Reform | Kaiser Network.org | December 16, 2008
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Health CEOs Join Forces for Health Care Overhaul | CQHeathBeat | December 12, 2008
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Six Health CEOs Team Up to Work On Health Care Reform | BNA | December 12, 2008
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Billings Clinic CEO Backs Effort | Billings Gazette | December 12, 2008
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California Health Industry Leaders Help Launch National CEO ... | MarketWatch | December 11, 2008
