Ten Barriers to Healthcare Payment Reform and How to Overcome Them
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He is a frequent speaker at national, state, and local programs on healthcare reform and has given invited testimony to Congress on payment reform. Miller has worked with a number of states and regions to help design and implement payment and delivery system reforms. His work with the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI) demonstrating the significant financial penalties that hospitals can face if they reduce hospital-acquired infections was featured in Modern Healthcare magazine in December, 2007. In 2007 and early 2008, he served as the Facilitator for the Minnesota Health Care Transformation Task Force, which prepared the recommendations that led to passage of Minnesota's path-breaking healthcare reform legislation in May, 2008. From 2008-2011, he designed and led a multi-year PRHI initiative that significantly reduced preventable hospital admissions and readmissions through improved care for chronic disease patients.
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