title: Beating the Zero-Sum Game, Together.
abstract: If you're still bickering over rate hikes and contract minutiae, then you're out of step with the new health care economy. In progressive markets, savvy payers and providers that work together rather than constantly bumping heads are pulling ahead at the expense of slow movers and status quo players.
authors.forename: Zachary
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hafner
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011057:Politics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D000070376:Value-Based Health Insurance