Scripps Health CEO Targeting Rising Health Care Costs
Scripps Health CEO Chris Van Gorder is working to save hundreds of millions of dollars annually by boost coordination and standardizing care across the hospital system. Van Gorder's strategy for reducing costs is to curb "unnecessary variation" at the system's four hospitals and 23 clinics and to cut expenses that do not improve patient outcomes.
- "California Health Chief Looks Within for Solution to Rising Health Costs" (Mitchell, Kaiser Health News, 2/14).