Employer Leadership in Incubating a 60 MPG U.S. Health Care System

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© 2008 A. Milstein Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH Mercer Health & Benefits Pacific Business Group on Health Employer Leadership in Incubating a 60 MPG U.S. Health Care System September 16, 2008

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© 2008 A. Milstein

Arnold Milstein, MD, MPHMercer Health & BenefitsPacific Business Group on Health

Employer Leadership in Incubating a 60 MPG U.S. Health Care System

September 16, 2008

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For the Dorsetts to Afford Coverage and a Continual Inflow of Medical Miracles, U.S. Clinicians Must…

Translational Efficiency

Lower total cost of care by ~ 35 percentage points by meeting “top quadrant” quality-cost benchmarks

Knowledge Turns

Lower total cost of care by >2.5 real percentage points every year thereafterand improve quality

(See Andy Grove’s ’05 JAMA article)

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How Do Today’s Most “Fuel-Efficient” Clinicians in Top Quadrant Minimize (A) Health Crises/Year and (B) Cost/Contact?

Salient Caring With Outreach

Between Visits Lean Production of

Service Units Tight Mgmt of

MD Specialists

( Crises) ( Cost/Contact) ( Both)

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Employer Paths to 60 MPG Care

1. Leading Employers: Via tiered MD networks and/or shared savings with MDs, create a market that encourages MD adoption of benchmark care delivery methods

2. Leading Edge Employers: Incubate MD discovery of benchmark care delivery methods, starting with primary care

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