Quote of the Day

“If this [accountable care organization effort] doesn’t move to global payment, we’ll wind up with an unintended failure three to five years from now. We’ll have done this experiment, spent hundreds of millions of dollars, and if the result is across-the-board lower [fee-for-service] payments, it’s going to drive disappointment and drive out trust.”

— Mark Wagar, president of Heritage Medical Systems, an affiliate of Heritage Provider Network, speaking at a recent National Accountable Care Organization Summit in Washington, D.C.