Promising, and delivering, health care value.
It came as no surprise a year or so ago to read in Physician Executive that "Clinical decision-making is no longer the exclusive domain of the health care practitioner." The authors pointed out that consumers, as patients and as business-payers, are insisting on provider accountability, both in quality and in appropriate cost. They used the phrase "health care value" to show a balance between cost containment and quality. One managed care operation has decided to operate on the premise of health care value.
Diller
J G
JG
Northwest Physicians, Toledo, OH.
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