RWJF provided a grant of $2.1 million to six communities in its Aligning Forces for Quality initiative. Their task: to develop pilot programs to identify patients who make the most frequent hospital visits, and improve the care they receive outside of the hospital.
The RWJF-supported State Health Care Cost Containment Commission is working to develop practical state policies to contain health care costs.
Through an RWJF grant, Choosing Wisely is funding medical specialty societies and regional health improvement collaboratives to work in specific communities to raise awareness of potential overuse of medical care.
This RWJF-funded paper from the Urban Institute analyzes what is known about the provision of medically inappropriate and unnecessary services, while also assessing various approaches to tackle overuse.
Avoidable hospitalizations in Cuyahoga County, Ohio—one of RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality communities—fell by nearly 3,000 for patients with common cardiovascular conditions, saving more than $20 million in health care costs.
This report from Avalere Health closely examines the efforts of 18 diverse medical professional societies to identify potential cost-cutting measures, and notes trends across the groups' recommendations.
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This study shows that reducing costs and improving quality are not mutually exclusive. Findings suggest that improving the quality of care for patients with diabetes saves money.
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A suite of five briefs from RWJF examines employers’ pilot programs testing four approaches to payment reform.
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This report from the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform, funded in part through RWJF grants, studies new ways to improve patient outcomes, while reining in costs.
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Employers have great—if, to date, underutilized—market leverage in buying health care. If fully engaged, they can push hospitals and health plans to improve care for their employees at a manageable cost.