McClellan Signals Brookings' New Medicare Reform Ideas May Target Per-Person Costs, Outcomes-insidehealthpolicy: Former CMS Administrator Mark McClellan said the Brookings Institution will soon release a set of updated Medicare reform proposals and indicated they would outline a broader reform strategy that chiefly focuses on lowering beneficiary costs and improving individual health outcomes. Speaking at a National Journal forum on Medicare, McClellan said legislative reforms to Medicare must stress individualized, prevention-oriented care under an approach in which beneficiaries could share in savings when they make decisions that result in lower costs and care being used more effectively.
Friday, March 1, 2013
McClellan Signals Brookings' New Medicare Reform Ideas May Target Per-Person Costs, Outcomes
McClellan Signals Brookings' New Medicare Reform Ideas May Target Per-Person Costs, Outcomes-insidehealthpolicy: Former CMS Administrator Mark McClellan said the Brookings Institution will soon release a set of updated Medicare reform proposals and indicated they would outline a broader reform strategy that chiefly focuses on lowering beneficiary costs and improving individual health outcomes. Speaking at a National Journal forum on Medicare, McClellan said legislative reforms to Medicare must stress individualized, prevention-oriented care under an approach in which beneficiaries could share in savings when they make decisions that result in lower costs and care being used more effectively.
