"Public policy and managerial innovation is less about health and more about money (taxes)," says Michael Chernew, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School. So how do we slow spending growth? Payment reform, benefit design, competition/managed care, organization of medical practice, and wellness are all factors that Chernew suspects will play a key role. Jacob Turmell, DNP, RN, NP-C, ACNS-BC, CCRN-CMC, is Vice President of MedAxiom Consulting.

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