Morey Menacker

Transforming Healthcare (eBook, PDF)

An Insider's Look on Why and How

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A startlingly insightful discussion of the problems facing American health care providers and consumers and their solutions In Transforming Health Care, expert physician Dr. Morey Menacker explains how the United States can contain the world's leading collection of superlative health care practitioners, technologies, treatments, research, education, and hospitals while simultaneously failing to provide care to many of its citizens. The author walks you through the past, present, and future of American health care, showing you how the United States got to its present state and offering practical solutions to improving access and affordability for millions of people. In the book, you'll find: * Insightful commentary about how to maintain the stellar quality of care found in the United States while expanding health care affordability and access * Discussions of how to reduce the cost and complexity of US health care * Explorations of the latest research and data as seen through the eyes of a physician who has spent their entire career working in the American medical system A can't-miss resource for US-based physicians and allied health care professionals, Transforming Health Care will also earn a place on the bookshelves of regulators, administrators, and lawmakers with an interest in the American health care establishment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119902546
• Artikelnr.: 64138770

Autorenporträt

Morey Menacker currently serves as Regional Medical Director for Centerwell, a value-based primary care group in Orlando, Florida. Centerwell is a wholly owned subsidiary of Humana, focusing on comprehensive care of the senior population utilizing a risk based model. Prior to his move to Florida, he served as vice president of Hackensack Meridian Health, the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in New Jersey. Dr. Menacker helped lead Hackensack Meridian Health's population health strategy since joining the organization, serving as Director of Population Health at HUMC since 2013. He was Chair of Medicine at HUMC from 2015-16, prior to being recruited to network leadership. He served as the president and CEO of Hackensack Alliance ACO, from its inception in 2012 until 2019, when he moved to Florida. Under his leadership, Hackensack Alliance ACO has regularly been recognized as one of the top Medicare ACOs in the country. Dr. Menacker is also an accomplished author with many published articles in respected journals such as American Journal of Accountable Care and Health Management, and the American Journal of Medicine. Dr. Menacker has always had a passion for population health. He completed his residency in internal medicine at UMDNJ in Newark, New Jersey, where he later served as its Chief Medical Resident. He then went on to serve two years in the United States Public Health Service where he helped care for migrant farm workers before serving as the Director of Internal Medicine Residency Program, and Vice President of Medical Affairs, at Bergen Pines County Hospital in Paramus, New Jersey. Dr. Menacker received his B.A in biology from LaSalle College in Philadelphia and his doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword vii

About the Companion Website xi

Introduction XIII

1 How Did We Get Here? 1

2 Bending the Cost Curve 9

3 Goals in Transforming Healthcare 15

4 Quality, Efficiency, Outcomes, and Access 20

5 Overcoming Inertia 30

6 Patient Accountability 36

7 Changing Behaviors 41

8 Moving the Needle 45

9 How Do We Pay for This? 48

References 53

Index 5