Hospital CEOs call for changes to compensation practices

Changing the way hospitals and doctors are paid to encourage more coordination of care and more emphasis on prevention should remain a goal even if federal health care reform is repealed, two health system chief executives said Wednesday. Peggy Troy, president and chief executive of Children's Hospital and Health System, and Susan Edward, president and chief executive of ProHealth Care, both stressed the need to change the incentives that exist under the current system of paying doctors and hospitals largely for the volume and type of services they provide rather than the quality of care or outcomes. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 4/21)