Marshfield Clinic is winner in health cost experiment

A key government experiment that set out to lower costs and coordinate care for Medicare patients — now the blueprint for an innovation the Obama administration is trying to move to a national scale — has failed to save a substantial amount of money. The five-year test enlisted 10 leading health systems around the country and offered financial bonuses if they could save enough by treating older patients more efficiently while providing high-quality care…One of the participants, Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic, was by far the biggest winner of bonus payments. (WASHINGTON POST, 6/3)