Taylor Michael, Calhoun Ron
Benefits Q. 2015;31(1):15-21.
Motivated by Affordable Care Act provisions designed to put the brakes on rapidly increasing health care costs, employers are adopting numerous strategies for creating greater efficiency in how they purchase health care. The strategies are centered on holding providers more accountable for improving patient outcomes and reducing unnecessary expenses. In conjunction with the federal agency for health care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), they will drastically transform the provider landscape. This article discusses those strategies, along with their potential impact on providers.
受旨在遏制快速上涨的医疗保健成本的《平价医疗法案》条款推动，雇主们正在采取多种策略，以提高他们购买医疗保健服务的效率。这些策略的核心是让医疗服务提供者对改善患者治疗效果和减少不必要开支承担更多责任。与联邦医疗保健机构医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）一起，它们将彻底改变医疗服务提供者的格局。本文讨论了这些策略及其对医疗服务提供者的潜在影响。
