Mayo Clinic CEO: Medicare Reform Should Be Next Stage of Health Reform

In a video interview, Mayo Clinic President and CEO John Noseworthy, M.D. said that Medicare needs to be transformed into a program that “incentivizes, rewards and drives” high-quality healthcare and more cost-efficient care.

He said an improved Medicare must recognize the different types of healthcare patients receive – primary, intermediate and complex – and reward the quality and value of each. Dr. Noseworthy also noted that Medicare only pays approximately 60 percent of the actual cost of providing care to patients.

(The Mayo Clinic is a member of the Healthcare Leadership Council.)