Mass. Panel Backs Radical Shift in Health Payment – NYTimes.com.
This is an interesting development and may well mirror what will happen with federal level health reform moving forward. The state has managed to hold together a coalition to support reforming payments to providers. I’m not sure such a thing is possible at the national level, but I guess we won’t know if we don’t try. This marks a departure from a fee for service payment model to global payments per captia and an assumption of responsibility for wellness by providers. The experiment in Massachusetts may well serve as an example in the national debate to control health costs.
