In addition to their calls for bipartisan action toward value-based care, Mr. Kasich and Mr. Hickenlooper also encouraged patients to harness tools that can help them take a larger role in their healthcare delivery and payment.
“To achieve this, we must give patients the tools they need to make value-conscious choices, and encourage the private and public sectors to develop technologies that make this possible,” they write. “A patient who needs a knee replacement should be able to choose the facility and doctor that provides the best care at the lowest price.”
More articles on leaderhsip and management:
Steward Health Care reportedly relocating HQ to Texas
Healthcare disruption – players and plays to make patients as consumers
House Democrats ask Ryan to hold vote on gun research
At Becker's 4th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, taking place November 2–5 in Chicago, more than 1,500 hospital and health system executives tackle decisions that determine whether organizations thrive or merely survive: protecting margins under cost pressure, choosing where to grow, renegotiating payer relationships, stabilizing the workforce and proving real ROI on technology. This is where leaders work through them together, face-to-face. Apply for complimentary registration now.
