WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: February 7, 2013 Featuring: Trissa Torres, MD, MSPH, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Xavier Sevilla, MD, MBA, FAAP, Vice President of Clinical Quality for Physician Services, Catholic Health Initiatives Lindsay A. Martin, MSPH, Executive Director and Improvement Advisor, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Randy Van Straten, Vice President Business Health, Bellin Health; Executive Director Bellin Run US employers have had a lot to say about health care costs the past several years. Large and small companies alike have openly complained about the apparently inexorable rise in health care spending, skyrocketing insurance rates, and the degree to which both trends have threatened bottom lines, restrained wages, and eroded benefits for employees. Some of the most vocal businesses have been determined to remedy the situation by exercising their purchasing clout to get better deals from insurers and by shifting more costs and co-pays onto the workforce. The most enlighten