As President Obama’s vision of healthcare reform begins to gel in the minds of physicians, health systems, insurers, and policymakers alike; the phased rollout of coverage mechanisms by Big Insurance will provide a timeline of sorts into the character of reform from a third-party perspective.

Via mandates, deadlines, and tax breaks; insurance coverage will be moving forward in the first half of the 2010s at a deliberate and measured pace — eventually covering some 30 M Americans without coverage and adequate access, as promised by Obama. One of the care delivery mechanisms is in the coordination of care of those with chronic diseases (such as diabetes, obstructive lung disease, and asthma) and the incentivization of primary care providers in those systems who choose to embrace such a plan.

Coordination of care reduces the fragmentation of delivery to those with chronic illness. Improving referral systems, rewarding primary care providers’ participation in innovative models such as the medical home, and emphasizing the importance of preventive care services in reimbursement schemes are important first steps to increasing access, decreasing acute care costs, and increasing quality in healthcare delivery. | LINK

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