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L Wagner

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Creating physician-driven integrated delivery systems.

Put doctors in control of key strategic and clinical decisions? Make them part owners or give them financial performance incentives? Yes, say many experts, that's the road to success for integrated systems. Read how they're doing it and evaluate your physician integration initiatives on HSL's 10-question self-assessment.

Comprehensive Health Care↗

The Medicaid hand-off: who will end up running the program?

The Medicaid program may get an overhaul this year, as Congress pursues the deep spending cuts needed to balance the budget, and governors seek greater control of the program. Supporters of dramatic Medicaid reform say it is essential to curbing runaway entitlement growth, and giving states the flexibility they need to achieve greater efficiencies in the delivery and financing of care. Skeptics contend that deep cuts will jeopardize health care coverage for millions of poor children and families, and slash already parsimonious payments to providers.

Health Care Reform↗

When the surveyor calls.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗

Disinformation overload.

Lawmakers and special-interest groups are working with the government as well as private consulting groups to bolster their reform positions with statistics. Experts, however, fear the barrage of healthcare reform research will only add to the public's confusion.

Bias↗