More Treatment Earns Hospitals More Money: Bernhoven Hospital Is Now Negotiating a Contract in Which 'Not Providing Care' Also Pays Off

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Bernhoven Hospital was the prime example of "appropriate care": fewer treatments, higher quality, and collaboration. The hospital received much praise, but financially it was teetering on the brink of collapse. Because Bernhoven does not want to return to a system where more treatment generates more revenue, it is now negotiating with insurers for a new three-year contract that will actually make appropriate care worthwhile.