Who and How
It will be no small feat for the United States to go from last to first in ranking of worldwide high-income countries’ health care systems. To accomplish that task, every national association that has anything to do with the delivery of health care must be at the table. We must work as a team for a common goal, to provide the best health care in the world. Being the most expensive isn’t bad if it’s the best. Yes, it would be better if the United States didn’t have the most expensive health care system. The ideal situation would be if we had the lowest cost with the best health care system.
An invitation to join our initial Zoom meeting on February 5, 2025, at 4:00 pm EST was sent to the following national associations that are involved with the delivery of health care: American Academy of Physician Assistants, American Association for Respiratory Care, American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Chiropractic Association, American Dental Association, American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, American Hospital Association, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, American Medical Association, American Nurses Association, American Occupational Therapy Association, American Osteopathic Association, American Podiatric Medical Association, American Public Health Association, American Physical Therapy Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans, National Association for Home Care and Hospice, National Patient Advocate Foundation and National Pharmaceutical Association. If your national association was inadvertently left out, please email me at drrobertozzi@betterhealthcarereform.com so I can add you to the meeting attendance list and send you a Zoom meeting link.
The meetings will be scheduled to run an hour long each week. The first meeting will be introductions, confirming a day and time that works best for everyone’s participation in the future meetings and a review of the agenda for the scheduled meetings. A list with the obstructions that need to be addressed are as follows: access to care, administrative burdens, authorizations, billing transparency, board certification, choice of providers, coding of EOBs and ERAs, competition, conflicts of interest, cost of health care, denial of claims, Department of Insurance, confusion with ICD-10, CPT-4 and modifiers, Dr. Google and WebMD, economic credentialing, electronic medical records, fraud, lack of collaboration between various industries in health care, nationally accepted licensure for providers, networks, paperwork overload, health care premiums, reimbursement, terminology, tiering, time limits for filing, malpractice/tort reform, transportation and utilization. If you have one that isn’t on the list, please email me at drrobertozzi@betterhealthcarereform.com with a brief explanation of the issue so that I can explain it at the meeting. Each week one topic will be addressed. Each representative will address the weekly topic. They are to share with the group how it affects their organization and recommend ways to correct the shortcomings. By having the agendas with the issues ahead of time, the representative can discuss the topics with their colleagues to get solutions to the problems. Then during the week, via email, an open forum on the suggested solutions can take place with the group. The potential solutions will be shared with each national association by means of a memo that will be sent out no later than the next morning. The national associations can then share it with their members and get feedback which can be shared at the next meeting. The beginning of each meeting will be a quick recap of the previous meeting. If there was a consensus on the solution, that issue could be put to bed. If there was no clear agreement, then a vote will be taken on the subject. The percentage for a do pass should be determined by the representatives attending and should be the same for each topic. The minutes for the meeting will be posted on www.betterhealltcarereform.com. Health care is a national problem, and we need to understand and know where the country stands on the various issues affecting it. Getting 100% of anything is rare. However, we should strive for perfection.