As National Healthcare Reform Heats Up ...Look Who’s Talking About Intermountain Healthcare
“If there is an ideal out there … it can be seen in the kind of medicine already being practiced by Kaiser Permanente, the Mayo Clinic, Intermountain Healthcare, and Geisinger Health System, which manage to hold down costs and get better results. Their operations have fostered closer teamwork among care providers.”— Time, June 5, 2009. “The Five Big Health-Care Dilemmas” by Karen Tumulty
“We need to design a healthcare system that delivers better-integrated, coordinated care … Research at Dartmouth Medical School published last year found that if all doctors practiced to the standard of Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Medicare would cost 40 percent less.” — The Washington Post, June 6, 2009. “Using Value to Curb Health Costs” by Alain Enthoven and Denis Cortese
Healthcare reform is a pressing issue. We encourage you to stay informed of state and national discussion and express your opinions to your legislative decision makers. Some components of each of the reform proposals could impact costs for Utahns, who currently enjoy some of the lowest rates in the country. SelectHealth and Intermountain Healthcare continuously strive to offer the best quality care at the lowest possible cost. As a health plan, we are improving access and reducing costs through efforts such as expanding our plan options for individuals and families, including a premium assistance program for kids.
