@Atul_Gawande I thought we were angry about the way that @Walmart leveraged suppliers...?
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@Atul_Gawande This is remarkable, and yet it does nothing to remedy Wal-mart's other heinous deeds. I can't quite grok it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande huge..very few get this, new roles for all playersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande definitely significant but why do you think it's a game changer?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Interesting. Too bad we can't think the same way about primary care & emergency services.#FMRevolution#EMRulesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande has created a whole industry of staff to find extra complications to bill for.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande similar to Oz Govt funding for public hospitals called DRGs. Not great. Good for payers, bad for suppliers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Gross. Wal-Mart surgery?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande when can we abandon fee for service and watch costs fall and efficiency rise? i hope this is a signal for 'soon'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande How many of the 1.1M workers are within 100 miles of the top six hospitals?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande how can you work in a system that decides clinical priorities by insurance policy type. Seems bizarre to a British GPThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Agreed, changing medicine. Bundled payment + limited network + medical travel. Unfortunately, only possible 4 BIG employers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Hope they also focus on prevention
@Walmart cuts deal for surgery at 6 top hospitals for 1.1M workers http://bit.ly/QqYDV3 via@Atul_GawandeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande We certainly hope so. Unit cost + Utilization = Total Cost. Most focus only on the unit cost.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande I guess Wal-Mart is all about socialized medicine now. Makes Obama look like a wanna-be. How is this not surreal?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande forgetting WalMart proper for a sec, I'd like employers OUT of the business of healthcare, thanks. Nat'l insurance, pls.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande Change medicine? Because of Walmart's size? Lowe's did the same deal in 2010, didn't they?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande is this the same co. that doesn't recognise unions and has underpaid women for years?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Atul_Gawande hmmm... Real, but feels like spin. "You wouldn't wanna unionize against a benevolent company like that, wouldja?"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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