answering emails and using
health i.t. effectively, using
nurse practitioners, allied
health professionals,
implementing wellness programs
whatever it takes for their
beneficiaries to get better
health outcomes and lower costs.
this is part of most of the
healthcare reform proposals that
are being considered right now.
and again, focuses on
accountablity for costs across
diverse practices and it's
designed to be compatible with
other reforms things like paying
for health i.t. or care
coordination, bundled payments,
things that are considered part
of healthcare reform can help
move in this direction of
getting to what we really want,
accountability and payment based
on better outcomes and lower
costs.
and this can be done through
multistakeholder collaborations
as well.
there are a number of these
going on around the country.
i'll mention those briefly in
just a second.
but the idea is as patrick was
saying there's some things that
are best to collaborate on and
other areas that are...