Hospitals & health networks / AHA
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In cooperation with McManis Associates Inc., Hospitals & Health Networks recently convened a summit on the integration of financing and delivery in health care. This is the second of a three-part series on lessons learned by those on the front lines of integration activity. ⋯ Among the issues discussed in this second segment. What level of understanding do purchasers have of quality differentiators in health care services? Can provider-driven integrated delivery systems compete with insurer-driven ones? And what happens when, as in the Philadelphia market, a large integrated delivery system merges with a dominant insurer? Can that model be replicated in other markets?