title: Purchasing health care: an opportunity for a public-private partnership.
abstract: By recommending that the federal government take a leadership role in driving quality improvement in the U.S. health care system, the Institute of Medicine has taken a bold step, one that signals a significant policy shift. Through regulations and payments, government incentives have a profound effect on the practices of hospitals, clinicians, and other institutions. Private-sector employers sponsor coverage for 165 million people, and they will want a substantial voice in government strategies and actions. This paper recommends that the two sectors formally develop a strategic partnership, mediated through two powerful advisory boards, one at the level of the HHS secretary and the other at the level of the CMS administrator.
authors.affiliation: General Electric, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galvin
mesh_terms: D035082:Federal Government; D033161:Government Regulation; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D017149:Private Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017150:Public Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States