Policy analysts have long recognized that five stakeholder groups (purchasers, plans, practices, providers, and patients) have to actively support efforts to enhance primary care depression treatment for sustainable gains to be realized [ 1].
That's understandable (especially if the potential purchaser plans an Elian tribute museum), but how can any rational human plunk down $50 for a 6-year-old's hair fished out of a trash can or $2.75 for dirt scraped from Elian's play yard?
The developer at the Apthorp, Apthorp Associates, said it had met that threshold, but the attorney general's office has been interviewing would-be buyers to make sure they are legitimate purchasers who plan to live in the apartments.
A recent summit on the topic reinforced the point, suggesting that purchasers and plans must be more aggressive about imposing standards for quality -- or face dramatic erosion in standards even as prices escalate.
While the colt was a weanling, Wiescamp priced him at $500 (approximately $ in ), and the one potential purchaser decided it was too high a price for a colt the buyer planned to make into a gelding.
And it has proposed that the RUC diversify its membership and for the first time add seats for private insurers, employer health plan purchasers and patients.
"Lack of requests from plan purchasers" was cited by 57% of non-AHCCCS MCOs.
The three most frequently listed barriers were "lack of requests from plan purchasers," "insufficient staff," and "cost of implementing guidelines".
Therefore, substantial incentives exist for healthcare systems, health insurers, and health plan purchasers to systematically include tobacco dependence treatment as a covered benefit.
Likewise, purchasers of health plans potentially have the power to influence healthcare delivery by requesting tobacco dependence treatment services and tracking quality of care and health outcomes.
Mr. Luxemburg said that when a sponsor of a co-op or condo first tries to market apartments in the building, he must provide prospective purchasers with an offering plan.
