Medical bill and stethoscope CPR officials said the numbers show that current payment reform approaches are having less impact than they should.

A new study by a health care employer group finds that although providers are adopting payment reforms that aim to improve quality and affordability of health care, the industry overall is moving slowly and cautiously—meaning that reforms are having a limited effect.

As part of the larger health care reform movement that included the Affordable Care Act, many in the health care industry have called for payment reforms as a way to set quality standards while at the same time reducing wasteful health care spending.

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