title: Culture clash: aligning payers and providers for real reform.
abstract: Self-imposed cost containment is not part of providers' heritage. The payer business model and its problems are complicated; simplistic reforms won't help. Health reform needs to be refocused on policies that allow providers and payers to align their cultures so that all parties benefit from potential synergies to provide top-quality care as inexpensively as possible.
authors.affiliation: Affiliated Computer Services, Xerox Company, Chicago, USA. jeff.bauer@acs-inc.com
authors.forename: Jeffrey C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003363:Cost Control; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006282:Health Personnel; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D015279:Organizational Culture; D014481:United States