This presentation describes Denver Health’s integrated delivery system. It also describes how Denver Health is an example of a system of care that provides the right care at the right time in a cost effective manner.

Philip Mehler, MD

• How Does Delivery System Reform Fit into the Current Health Reform Debate?

  Learn about the Commonwealth Fund's Commission on a High Performance Health System and what elements should be included in a truly reformed health system.

  Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH

  • Click Here for a Comparison of Selected Provisions of Health Reform Proposals - Updated Aug 18, 2009

    This chart highlights key provisions of the health reform proposals from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee; the three House Committees of jurisdiction (Energy & Commerce, Ways & Means and Education & Labor); as well as the Administration's proposal on DSH. This chart does not include proposals from the Senate Finance Committee, which has not yet released legislative language. We expect to see a formal proposal from the Finance Committee in the next several days.
  • "Our View" on Health Care Reform (Updated August 2009)

    This one page document outlines key elements of health care reform that are of critical importance to safety net hospitals and health systems.
  • Issue Brief: The Health Care Reform Dialogue - Key Questions about Coverage and Access

    Safety net health systems are committed to providing high quality health care to their communities—now and in the future. Today, safety net health systems rely heavily on Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to fulfill their missions of: 1) treating a disproportionate number of Medicaid and uninsured patients; 2) training physicians; and 3) ensuring that essential health care services such as trauma and burn centers are available throughout the country.
  • Issue Brief: Massachusetts Health Reform - Lessons Learned about the Critical Role of Safety Net Health Systems

    This issue brief details the experiences of Boston Medical Center and Cambridge Health Alliance—Massachusetts’ largest safety net hospitals—during health reform. Lessons learned from these two safety net health systems’ experiences can greatly impact the national debate on health reform.