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PRINCETON CONFERENCE
May 20, 2009
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FIRST QUESTIONFIRST QUESTION
Is Stuart Altman really a Fascist?
The right-wing blogosphere has labeled him thus because he defends cost effectiveness analysis.
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STUART, THE COMMIE ProPAC APPARATCHIK
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WORKING UNDERCOVER
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FINANCING HEALTH SERVICES
Uwe E. Reinhardt,Princeton University
The 16th Annual Princeton Conference
“How Will We Meet the Health Service Needs of an Aging America?”
May 20-21, 2009
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Session III: Financing health services: Current and Future trends
In the United States, we know that most people ultimately rely on Medicare and Medicaid for health services and long term care. Based on current CMS projections, the current financial model is not sustainable. What are the most reasonable options for financial reform? Are bundled payments the way of the future? Can we look to the private sector for help? What has the VA done and can we learn anything from their experience?
THE ASSIGNMENT TO OUR PANEL:
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I. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAIDI. THE SUSTAINABILITY OF MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
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November, 2007
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2050
38%
SOURCE: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8758/11-13-LT-Health.pdf
13%
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REAL GDP PER CAPITA 2008 AND 2050 (1% Annual Growth)
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
2008 2050
REA
L G
DP
PER
CA
PITA
NON-MEDICARE&MEDICAID MEDICARE&MEDICAID
$47,500
$72,200
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SOURCE: CMS Data & Statistics.
y = 16575e0.0198x
R² = 0.9932
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
65 70 75 80 85 90 95 00 5
REAL GDP PER CAPITA 1965-2007
Implies 2% annual growth
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REAL GDP PER CAPITA 2008 AND 2050 (1.5% Annual Growth)
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
$90,000
$100,000
2008 2050
NON-MEDICARE & MEDICAID MEDICARE & MEDICAID
$47,500
$88,850
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MY CONCLUSION
I take it that by “sustainability” we do not mean “economic sustainability” but “political sustainability”, that is, willingness to pay taxes to care for the health care of the elderly.
Or do we mean by “sustainability” that we cannot afford anymore the “overuse, misuse and fraud” we believe is rampant in US health care – for old and young?
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0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81 86 91 96
YEARS AFTER 2007
% O
F G
DP
GO
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TO
HEA
LTH
CA
RE
d = 1% d = 2.5
PROJECTED U.S. HEALTH SPENDING AS PERCENT OF GDP
Health spending grows 2.5% points faster than the rest of GDP
Health spending grows 1% point faster than the rest of GDP
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Secretary of HHS David Petreaus
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II. THE FINANCING OF HEALTH CAREII. THE FINANCING OF HEALTH CARE
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TAXESTAXES
WAGEWAGE
CUTSCUTS
INSURANCEINSURANCE PREMIUMSPREMIUMS
FEEFEE--FOR
FOR--SERVIC
E
SERVICE
CAPITATIONCAPITATION
BUDGETS
BUDGETS
ROAD MAP FOR FINANCING HEALTH CAREROAD MAP FOR FINANCING HEALTH CARE
User fees (Out of Pocket Spending)User fees (Out of Pocket Spending)
BUNDLED BUNDLED
PAYMENTSPAYMENTS
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TAXESTAXES
WAGEWAGE
CUTSCUTS
INSURANCEINSURANCE PREMIUMSPREMIUMS
FEEFEE--FOR
FOR--SERVIC
E
SERVICE
CAPITATIONCAPITATION
BUDGETS
BUDGETS
ROAD MAP FOR FINANCING HEALTH CAREROAD MAP FOR FINANCING HEALTH CARE
User fees (Out of Pocket Spending)User fees (Out of Pocket Spending)
BUNDLED BUNDLED
PAYMENTSPAYMENTS
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III. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREIII. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREA. Medicare: the A. Medicare: the ““big dumb price fixer.big dumb price fixer.””
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Relative Profitability across DRGsCardiac DRGs
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20 DRG 104DRG 105DRG 107DRG 109DRG 516DRG 517DRG 518DRG 116DRG 121DRG 122DRG 127DRG 138
Percent Expected Profitability
DRG
Surgical DRGs Medical DRGs
Source: MedPAC
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III. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREIII. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREA. Medicare: the A. Medicare: the ““big dumb price fixer.big dumb price fixer.””
B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?
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III. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREIII. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREA. Medicare: the A. Medicare: the ““big dumb price fixer.big dumb price fixer.””
B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?
B. The new panacea: Bundled paymentsB. The new panacea: Bundled payments
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Rummaging through the Prometheus Payment® Inc. website quickly makes it clear that developing Evidence Based Case Reimbursement (ECRs) payments is a technically difficult as well as politically difficult.
Bundled payments are designed to trigger clinical integration of the delivery of care across ambulatory and inpatient sites.
But that implies a redistribution of cherished professional and economic privilege.
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EXAMPLE
Bundling radiologists, anesthesiologists and pathologists (the RAPs) as well as convalescent care into the DRG payments to hospitals.
How easy would that be?
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III. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREIII. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREA. Medicare: the A. Medicare: the ““big dumb price fixer.big dumb price fixer.””
B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?
B. The new panacea: Bundled paymentsB. The new panacea: Bundled payments
C. Clinically Integrated Health CareC. Clinically Integrated Health Care
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HEALTH “SYSTEMS” AS A SET OF SILOS
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
AMBULATORY
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
INPATIENT
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
NURSING HMHM
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
HOME CARE
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
OTHER
FROM A TALK GIVEN 15 YEARS AGO:
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LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
AMBULATORY INPATIENT NURSING HM HOME CARE OTHER
CONSOLIDATION JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT
INTEGRATED LEGAL STRUCTURE
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HARVESTING A LITTLE “SYNERGISM”
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
AMBULATORY INPATIENT NURSING HM HOME CARE OTHER
INTEGRATED LEGAL STRUCTURE
Firing a few hapless accountants
INTEGRATED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE (INCL. ACCOUNTING)
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LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
AMBULATORY INPATIENT NURSING HM HOME CARE OTHER
INTEGRATED LEGAL STRUCTURE
INTEGRATED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE (INCL. ACCOUNTING)
HARVESTING MORE SIGNIFICANT “SYNGERISM”Eliminating duplicative clinical programs
Creating market muscle (monopoly power)
INTEGRATED ECONOMIC STRUCTURE (INCL. MARKETING)
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LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
LEGAL
ADMIN.
ECONOMIC
CLINICAL
AMBULATORY INPATIENT NURSING HM HOME CARE OTHER
INTEGRATED LEGAL STRUCTURE
INTEGRATED ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE (INCL. ACCOUNTING)
INTEGRATED ECONOMIC STRUCTURE (INCL. MARKETING)
ATTEMPTING THE REAL McCOY:
Genuine, patient-focused clinical integration
CLINICAL CLINICAL CLINICAL CLINICAL CLINICALGENUINE, PATIENT- FOCUSED CLINICAL INTEGRATION
So far this is mainly a blueprint.So far this is mainly a blueprint.
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III. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREIII. PAYING THE PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CAREA. Medicare: the A. Medicare: the ““big dumb price fixer.big dumb price fixer.””
B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?B. Private insurers: Smart price negotiators?
B. The new panacea: Bundled paymentsB. The new panacea: Bundled payments
C. Clinically Integrated Health CareC. Clinically Integrated Health Care
D. A Modest ProposalD. A Modest Proposal
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A MODEST PROPOSAL
1. Require that hospitals use the DRG system as a relative value scale for all patients.
2. Allow hospitals to set their own conversion ratios.
3. Require hospitals to charge the same fees to all payers.
4. Start bundling in the RAPs and convalescent care.
5. With most of inpatient care bundled in this way, expand the system to embrace more and more of care in other setting.
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If you think this would be politically too difficult, what makes you think imposing bundled payments on the American health system – that collection of separate fiefdoms -- would be any easier?
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Mazel tov!
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