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Any efforts to address medical malpractice concerns should begin with a patient-centered focus on reducing errors and promoting fair compensation.
Federal and state governments and employers should pursue innovative strategies to reduce health care costs.
Federal and state governments should test and evaluate payment approaches that create incentives for providers to be more efficient and effective and that reward good-quality care.
All levels of government and the private sector should adequately fund and support antifraud and anti-abuse efforts. A balanced approach to enforcement should be taken.
Health care providers and their activities must not be exempt from federal antitrust statutes unless and until a need for such exemptions is clearly demonstrated.
The federal and state governments should provide incentives through student loan forgiveness to encourage nurses with master’s and other advanced degrees to become faculty members.
States should explore funding and loan-forgiveness programs to encourage students to train in geriatrics.
Federal and state policymakers should develop programs to reward providers for recruiting and retaining clinicians and other direct-care workers, including nurses.