Policies and payment systems
Federal, state, and private insurance and health care delivery programs should integrate the financing of medical and social services to support the provision of high-quality care consistent with patients' values, goals, and informed preferences. Insofar as additional legislation is necessary to implement this recommendation, the administration should seek and Congress should enact such legislation. The federal government should require public reporting on quality measures, outcomes, and costs and encourage private payers and delivery systems to do the same.