Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 06/2012

Reinventing Health Care

Basit Chaudhry deBronkart, Carole Roan Gresenz, Joseph Hutter, Anjali Jain, Brent C. James, Shawn Martin, Lewis Mattison, Daniel L. Newton, Anthony Nguyen, Brent Parton, Kavita Patel, Steven Weinberger

March 2012

Aspen Institute

Abstract

"The U.S. continues to make remarkable advances in medical science and technology. However, financial incentives within the health care delivery system can hinder consistent, affordable patient access to these advances,” said Sam Nussbaum, M.D., WellPoint's Chief Medical Officer. “WellPoint is pleased to collaborate with the Aspen Health Innovation Project to address critical barriers to innovation in care delivery. We believe the report issued today will serve as an important roadmap to advance novel approaches such as incenting providers for innovative payment models based on quality and outcomes and for health IT implementation.”