Colorado Area's Health System A Model Of Cost-Effective, Quality Care - Kaiser Health News

A Colorado health system offers a national example of how to set up incentives for pay and provide cost-effective health services. The Denver Post reports: "Lawmakers struggling to unclog negotiations over sweeping health care reform are focusing on a handful of areas in the country that seem to have cracked the health care code by delivering high-quality care at a bargain price. Among the most prominent, it turns out, is Grand Junction. Understanding why doctors and hospitals in Grand Junction deliver some of the cheapest and best care in the country goes a long way to explaining the problems of the current system, reformers say." Read More