UnitedHealth Recommendations To Save $540 Billion In 10 Years

UnitedHealth Recommendations To Save $540 Billion In 10 Years in General Healthcare

After the confusion of what was (and was not) promised to President Obama in a meeting between the president and health industry executives, one thing remains true: We have to figure out ways to slow health care costs and save money.

Cutting health care costs is something we can all agree on, we just have to come up with a plan to get the ball rolling.

This week, UnitedHealth Group, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, came out with recommendations for the health care system that could save some $540 billion in 10 years, reported the Minnesota Star Tribune.

Here were the highlights:

• Reduce hospital visits for elderly with improved preventive care, follow-up visits, and patient education.
• Sending patients to highest quality and most efficient doctors
• Reduce use of highly advanced and expensive medical technology

“This is about improving the appropriateness of care that is delivered across the health care system,” said UnitedHealth Executive Vice President Simon Stevens.

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