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“We need to be sure that as healthcare policy is being made, that our
estimator tools … I think
patients’ needs are at the core of what we’re trying to accomplish.”
there’s real opportunity
for us to take the good
work that’s been done and
scale it.
MH: What are your perceptions
particular is that technology,
officer is a member. I think
of how it has evolved?
much of the conversation
particularly the electronic
MH: Are there areas around
price transparency where
health record, is both a
Estes: I was fortunate
around that table right now
has been around surprise
godsend and a burden. The
to chair the inaugural
you think there is room to
work with the CMS?
innovation center leadership
billing and putting together
third one is this notion that
a series of principles that we
as we take on more and more
group. I might highlight one
risk, are there things that
can, as a field, agree to.
Estes: My personal bent
thing, which is the design
But this ties in very much
we, as providers, can come
is that there is always
studio work that is being
a way to find common
together to do to approach
to the work that has gone
done. There was a desire
ground, especially
that in a little different way?
to tackle two or three big physicians and clinicians in St. Luke’s chief financial have very good price-
on at the AHA for a very
problems that impact all of long time around value and when both parties have
us in healthcare. MH: How do you think affordability. Affordability the same goal, which
One is behavioral health about the debate over price in my view translates often is to move American
networks because there transparency in relation to the to what a consumer pays out healthcare to provide
continue to be a shortage perception of hospitals with of pocket. Given the number the best care for our
and a maldistribution of policymakers and consumers? and complexity of insurance patients that we can. How
behavioral health resources arrangements and other some of the regulations
in our country. The second Estes: Transparency is an arrangements, it has not have been proposed has
is the usability of the important issue and the been very easy for us to tell been problematic, but I
electronic health record. One AHA has put together a price somebody what they have certainly believe that there
of the things we hear from transparency task force; to pay. A lot of our members will be common ground. l
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