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The country needs team-based care
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The health care reform law is changing the way care is delivered in the United States--for the better. And as those changes take hold, unit-based teams are a big plus for Kaiser Permanente, says George Halvorson, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan. Watch highlights of George's recent conversation with senior LMP VP Barb Grimm. (Interested in learning even more? View Halvorson's slide deck from the 2011 Union Delegates Conference.)
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BARBARA GRIMM
Senior vice president, Office of Labor Management Partnership
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Barbara Grimm hates stupid stuff. Just ask her.
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Senior vice president, Office of Labor Management Partnership
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Barbara Grimm hates stupid stuff. Just ask her.
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Health cost is also one of
Health cost is also one of the most trending issues that are being debated at present. Politicians have always batted around how Medicare payments are determined. There are currently 441 geographic payment zones for hospitals that pay on the basis of general costs in the region. Hospitals with better patient-care results will be seeing a change soon. In 2013, hospitals will get greater bills for greater patient-care outcomes. Quality-based Medicare payments could hurt minority patients as I have heard that hospitals that are not top-performing may have their Medicare funding cut. I can see that this will be another burden to patients especially those who can't afford services from the said hospitals.