Health Care in the Next Curve: Transforming a Dysfunctional Industry

Synopsis

Healthcare In The U.s. Is At A Critical Juncture. We Face A Continued Upward Spiral In The Number Of People With Chronic Diseases And Disabilities. As Demands On Our Current Health System Grow, So Will Costs. But As A Society We Are Approaching The Upper Limit Of How Much We Are Willing (or Able) To Spend On Health Care. Health Care Industry Leaders And Policy Makers Know This. That Is Why They Have Embraced The So-called Second Curve Focus On Population Health And Value-based Care. But These Initiatives Will Not Achieve The Desired Results. They Are Being Implemented Within An Overall Industry That Is Structurally Dysfunctional. We Are Not Addressing The Root Causes Of This Dyfunction. We Are Asking A System To Do Things That It Was Simply Not Designed To Do. It's Not The Future We Used To Have -- Health Care's Perfect Storm -- What Happened To Health Insurance? -- Follow The Money : A Broken Payment Model -- Silos, Everywhere -- The Real Costs Of Regulation -- Where's The Competition? -- Why Government Health Care Isn't The Answer? -- Market Disruptors And Transformers -- Destinations Of The Next Curve -- First, The Safety Nets -- Insurance And Choice, Once Again -- From Production To Value -- No More Silos : Patient-centered Care In The Next Curve -- Less Regulation, Better Health Care -- Positioning Strategies For The New Future. John Abendshien. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.