CNN Healthcare March 17, 2013 01:55:00
Coordinate care nearly perfect zb ly. >> cleveland clinic was found by four physicians. they realized they worked better as a team than individual practitioners. they formed a group practice. they decided that they would pay themselves a salary and the money that was left over would go back into growing the organization. and that model has continued to this day. we're all salaried. so the decision on what we do for a patient is dependent upon what the patient needs, not on our financial incentives. six years ago before i became ceo, i stopped to think, i've never looked after a healthy person....