Newswise — The American Medical Group Association today thanked President Barack Obama for positive comments made in a Time magazine interview regarding care delivered at AMGA member medical groups. The President singled out Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, and Geisinger Health System as models of high-quality, cost-efficient care and for their team approach to care delivery.
President Obama's comments appeared in an interview with Karen Tumulty in the July 29 edition of Time. In part of the interview, he was asked about difficult healthcare decisions his family recently made and that each family must make, and how a reformed healthcare system would change the dynamic of these decisions. He replied, " "¦ unlike my mother, who had a difficult time with her cancer in part because her insurance was a little bit unreliable and she had just taken a new job, my grandmother had been signed up under Kaiser Permanente for years. And it's actually one of the models of high-quality, cost-efficient care that's out there right now, partly because they maintain such a stable base of patients and they construct a whole team approach that has proven to be very effective. So my grandmother was generally very happy with her care, and if we could actually get our health care system across the board to hit the efficiency levels of a Kaiser Permanente or a Cleveland Clinic or a Mayo or a Geisinger, we actually would have solved our problems."
"We are pleased that President Obama has recognized the attributes that make the multispecialty medical group model the preferred delivery system for patient-centered, coordinated, efficient, quality health care in America," said Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., CAE, AMGA's President and Chief Executive Officer. "These AMGA members epitomize what can be achieved in organized systems of care, and serve as models for lasting healthcare reform."
A full transcript of the article with the President's remarks can be found at: www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1913410,00.html?iid=tsmodule.
The American Medical Group Association is an association that represents medical groups, including some of the nation's largest, most prestigious medical practices, independent practice associations, and integrated healthcare delivery systems. AMGA improves health care for patients by supporting multispecialty medical groups and other organized systems of care. The members of AMGA deliver health care to approximately 96 million patients in 49 states. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, AMGA is the strategic partner for medical groups providing a comprehensive package of benefits, including political advocacy, educational and networking programs and publications, benchmarking data services, and financial and operations assistance. www.amga.org
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