Health Care Reform: A Catalyst For Integrated Medical Management
Read the third white paper in our series of Executive Briefings on this topic.
Executive Briefing Series on Health Reform
Passage of sweeping health care reform is now in doubt. However, the year-long debate served as a catalyst to health plans, large and small, for one important area of focus: effective, integrated medical management.
The prospect of unmet demand of 25 million uninsured individuals seeking health coverage for the first time and tight Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) standards served as an important wake-up call—health plans need the ability to leverage the power of local physician and hospital relationships to structure a collaborative payer-provider care delivery model.
It’s clear that going forward innovative health plans can gain a significant competitive edge if they are prepared with a well-crafted strategic vision, maintain a capacity to be tactically nimble, and develop a set of tools built on an integrated medical management platform.
This issues focuses on the future of health plans and their ability to bend the cost curve. Access the third in the series of GHG's Executive Briefings on health care reform here.
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The second issue in our series available here, Health Care Reform and Its Impact on Medicare Advantage and Part D.
