Late yesterday, Mayo Clinic became aware of the concept of development of an Independent Medicare Advisory Council. We applaud the direction of this proposal. We view favorably the concept of an independent body that can move Medicare to a “value- based payment” model. An independent Medicare advisory commission focused on defining value, measuring it, and [...]
Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – including insurance for all and payment reform demonstration projects – the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher-quality, more affordable health care for patients. In fact, it will do the opposite.
In general, the proposals under discussion [...]
Bloomberg TV correspondent Lizzie O’Leary is at Mayo Clinic this morning to interview Dr. Denis Cortese, CEO and President, and Dr. Thoralf Sundt, cardiac surgeon, about why Mayo Clinic is used as an example of high quality, efficient health care by President Obama. The focus of the story is on the fact that Mayo Clinic [...]
Minnesota Public Radio reporter Lorna Benson recently spent a day at Mayo Clinic to learn why President Obama touts Mayo Clinic as a model for high quality, efficent health care. Benson got examples of both low tech and high tech methods Mayo uses to improve quality and efficiency, as well as a chance to talk [...]
Mayo Clinic is featured in the June 29 issue of Time Magazine in an article called “More Data + Less Care = Lower Cost + Better Health.” Senior Correspondent Mike Grunwald visited Mayo Clinic in late May and spent two days interviewing several Mayo physician leaders, observing a Hospice meeting and visiting a patient.
Grunwald says [...]
President Obama, in a public letter addressed to Senators Edward Kennedy and Max Baucus, referred to Mayo Clinic as offering “the highest quality care at costs well below the national norm.” He went on to write “We need to learn from their successes and replicate those best practices across our country.”
Read the Obama HCR Letter [...]
President Obama today, in a speech to Senate Democrats, cited Mayo Clinic as an example of high value, low cost health care. Read the President’s remarks.
The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center recently submitted responses to the Senate Finance Committee policy options papers on Coverage Options and Transforming the Health Care Delivery System.
The responses are posted on our Web site; see Coverage Options and Improving Patient Care and Reducing Costs.
We encourage you to read our responses and let us know what [...]
More than 130 leaders in medical and health care education joined Mayo Clinic education leaders in Rochester April 27-28 to discuss reforms needed in the education system to support health care reform nationally.
Jeff Korsmo, executive director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center, summarizes the highlights of the symposium. Summaries and Web casts of each [...]
Mayo Clinic’s National Symposium on Medical and Health Care Education Reform is entering Day 2 with continuing animated discussion about the possibilities for reforming the education system to train a work force that will sustain patient-centered health care reform.
Summaries and archived Web casts for Day 1 can be seen at http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthpolicycenter.
Team work and interdisciplinary education [...]
