Governor Deval Patrick with Dr. Gene Lindsey, President and CEO, Atrius Health
Yesterday, Atrius Health was honored to host Governor Deval Patrick at Southboro Medical Group to discuss his Administration’s health care cost-containment plan to help control rising health care costs and improve patient care.
The Governor’s bill, “An Act Improving the Quality of Health Care and Controlling Costs by Reforming Health Systems and Payments,” establishes a structure and process to facilitate significant reforms to the Commonwealth’s health care payment and service delivery systems over the next three years. While Massachusetts has shown national leadership in expanding access to health care, costs that are higher than the national average threaten the extraordinary progress the state has made in ensuring access.
Participating in this discussion with the Governor were several members of the Atrius Health and Southboro Medical Group management teams. During his welcome remarks, Dr. Gene Lindsey, President and CEO of Atrius Health, said, “The Governor’s bill is a critically important first step to making healthcare spending sustainable. Atrius Health is closely aligned with Governor Patrick’s goals of a truly patient-centered healthcare delivery model that can meet all of patients’ needs more effectively and efficiently. We’re excited to start this dialogue and show how physicians can lead the way with healthcare reform.”
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