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Learn the ins and outs of modern healthcare reform with CUSTOMER-DIRECTED HEALTHCARE REFORM! Building upon the strengths of managed care, this management text offers a refreshing approach for the future of healthcare. With discussion of reforms that will bring a far greater rationalization of our economic healthcare assets, it is an excellent reference for healthcare executives and managers, government officials, benefits managers, HR directors, and everyone with a vested interest in modern healthcare reform.
Douglas Emery is Vice President, Health Plans at MedStat, a healthcare information company within Thomson Corp. He previously served as President of Zoadigm Health Systems, Inc. in Salt Lake City and Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Economy at Utah State University. His experience includes developing marketing-oriented policies for health reform and global fee reimbursement programs.
| Ch. 1 | The economics of episode contracting | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | What is an episode of care? | 11 |
| Ch. 3 | What is a minimalist recipe for accelerated reengineering of our delivery systems? | 25 |
| Ch. 4 | Focused factories ... for the healthcare industry? | 30 |
| Ch. 5 | Episodes of care : a successful model | 43 |
| Ch. 6 | Improving the efficiency of inpatient care in the medicare program using global payments and physician incentives | 64 |
| Ch. 7 | Unleashing the market : next generation networks for consumer driven health care | 85 |
| Ch. 8 | Creating information systems to support effective, efficient health care | 96 |
| Ch. 9 | The employer's role in realigning risks and incentives | 129 |
| Ch. 10 | Program review of past and existing global payment programs | 141 |
| Technical addendum : the nature of risk and markets in a consumer-directed paradigm | 159 |
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