Heart Matters

Warranties, Integration and Enduring Innovation at Geisinger


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Host: Jack Lewin, MD
Guest: Glenn Steele, MD, PhD

At some point during the health reform debate, you've probably heard President Obama and others recognize the work of the Geisinger Health System. Through a variety of mechanisms -- among others, charging a flat fee for certain surgical procedures and other high-volume episodes of care, and working hard to integrate services -- Geisinger has been able to bend that all-important cost curve, while also improving the quality of the care they provide. Host Dr. Jack Lewin welcomes the physician executive who has overseen this prolonged period of successful innovation, Geisinger President and CEO Dr. Glenn Steele. On a grand scale, how feasible would it be to leverage the innovations developed at Geisinger across the various markets for health care around the United States?

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