America’s health care system: A crisis of costs. A crisis of care.

America leads the world in health care spending, yet the quality of the care we provide and patient satisfaction lag far behind. As our population grows older, the burden of chronic illness will make this challenge even more critical.

Currently, American health care experts and policymakers are trying to reform health care by tackling the problem of access to medical care and cost.

However, even good insurance coverage will not guarantee quality care. The solution to that lies in the way American medical care providers are organized and work together.

Researchers, academics, and policymakers agree: Transformational health care reform must take place, and the structure of the delivery system is fundamental to the success of any reform.

We must work to develop the physician group and hospital models that will deliver the best, most cost-effective care—coordinated care. And evidence shows that patient-centered care coordination today is best achieved in America’s integrated health care delivery systems and multispecialty medical groups.

There is a better way to make the health system work.

Coordinated Care. Superior care. Greater value.

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Why the delivery system matters

Change the Microenvironment: Delivery System Reform Essential to Controlling Costs, by Francis J. Crosson, MD, April 27, 2009

In this commentary, Dr. Crosson, chairman of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices reminds policymakers that the most effective policy solutions proposed to change payment and/or structural delivery system reform will depend ultimately on their ability to positively affect the "microenvironment" of the actual physician practice.

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