Suzanne Delbanco of Catalyst for Payment Reform Discusses Ideas on Paying for Care

In a conversation with California Healthline, Suzanne Delbanco — executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform — discussed strategies for transforming health care payment models in the U.S.

Delbanco outlined different ways of changing payment structures, including:

Linking payments to health care provider performance;
Removing incentives for delivering excess or redundant medical services; and
Setting reference prices for particular types of services.

Delbanco said the goal of CPR is to “jump start a movement toward changing the way we pay for health care in the United States, so that a greater proportion of payment is either tied to performance somehow or is actually designed to cut waste out of the system.” (California Healthline, 3/23).

The complete transcript of this report is available as a PDF.

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<h1>Suzanne Delbanco of Catalyst for Payment Reform Discusses Ideas on Paying for Care</h1>
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			March 23, 2011		</time>
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<p>In a conversation with <i>California Healthline</i>, Suzanne Delbanco — executive director of Catalyst for Payment Reform — discussed strategies for transforming health care payment models in the U.S.</p><p>Delbanco outlined different ways of changing payment structures, including:</p><ul><li>Linking payments to health care provider performance; </li><li>Removing incentives for delivering excess or redundant medical services; and </li><li>Setting reference prices for particular types of services.</li></ul><p>Delbanco said the goal of CPR is to “jump start a movement toward changing the way we pay for health care in the United States, so that a greater proportion of payment is either tied to performance somehow or is actually designed to cut waste out of the system.” (<i>California Healthline</i>, 3/23).</p><p>The complete transcript of this report is <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2011/03/chlspecialreporttranscript032311.pdf">available as a PDF</a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/suzanne-delbanco-of-catalyst-for-payment-reform-discusses-ideas-on-paying-for-care/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/suzanne-delbanco-of-catalyst-for-payment-reform-discusses-ideas-on-paying-for-care/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/suzanne-delbanco-of-catalyst-for-payment-reform-discusses-ideas-on-paying-for-care/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Suzanne%20Delbanco%20of%20Catalyst%20for%20Payment%20Reform%20Discusses%20Ideas%20on%20Paying%20for%20Care&body=https%3A%2F%2Fcaliforniahealthline.org%2Fnews%2Fsuzanne-delbanco-of-catalyst-for-payment-reform-discusses-ideas-on-paying-for-care%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/suzanne-delbanco-of-catalyst-for-payment-reform-discusses-ideas-on-paying-for-care/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/suzanne-delbanco-of-catalyst-for-payment-reform-discusses-ideas-on-paying-for-care/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://californiahealthline.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p>

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