BHCAG: does eliminating the middleman work? (Buyers Health Care Action Group)(interview with Steve Wetzell)(includes related articles on direct contracting)(Cover Story)(Interview)

From: Behavioral Health Management | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: Grahl, Cindy; Engleka, Henry; Buck, Jeffrey A.; Jeffrey, Michael | Copyright information

Interview with Steve Wetzell, Executive Director for Policy and Publicity, Buyers Health Care Action Group, Minneapolis

The Twin Cities of Minnesota have long been known as a bellwether for new trends in healthcare purchasing. So when the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG), a 27-member coalition representing 200,000 Minnesotans, began seriously looking at direct contracting for healthcare services, the healthcare world paid a lot of attention. Indeed, the BHCAG direc...

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