Foundation Announces $120,000 Challenge to Help Consumers Understand and Act Upon Hospital Pricing
June 3, 2013 | News Release
Applicants will create data visualizations, applications to help people compare what different hospitals charge.
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Diverse Groups Forge Consensus on Curbing Health Care Spending While Improving Quality
April 11, 2013 | News Release
A diverse group of health care stakeholders present their recommendations for controlling costs and improving the quality of our health care system.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Awards $2.1 Million in Grants to Improve Care, Reduce Costs for Most Expensive Patients
October 11, 2012 | News Release
RWJF awards $2.1 million in grants to solve the problem of "super-utilizers."
New Survey Finds Most African Americans Satisfied With Lives Overall, But Many Have Concerns About Future
June 4, 2013 | News Release
While most African Americans report being satisfied with their lives, many have concerns about the future.
CBO Scoring Misses Billions of Dollars in Potential Long-Term Savings from Effective Obesity Prevention Policies, According to New Study
April 24, 2013 | News Release
Obesity-prevention policies could save the U.S. billions of dollars in the long run. A new report from the Campaign to End Obesity shows that the way estimates for the costs of legislation are done now misses a lot of their value.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Marks 40 Years: Board Approves Over $400 Million for Improving Health in 2013
November 1, 2012 | News Release
Funding focused on three interrelated areas, including prevention, costs, access, and workforce issues.
Adult Obesity Rates Could Exceed 60 Percent in 13 States by 2030, According to New Study
September 18, 2012 | News Release
The number of obese adults, along with related disease rates and health care costs, are on course to increase dramatically in every state in the country over the next 20 years, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2012.
HHS Enlists Archimedes Inc. To Expand Government's Use Of Health Care Modeling For Forecasting Quality And Cost Outcomes
May 4, 2012 | News Release
HHS Agencies Can Now Use ARCHeS Tool To Conduct Large Scale Analyses To Evaluate Health Spending, Treatment, and Effectiveness.
New Commission Chaired by Bill Frist and Former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation President to Assess how Physicians are Paid
January 1, 2012 | News Release
A new independent commission, chaired by Dr. Steve Schroeder, former president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will assess how physicians are paid and how pay incentives are linked to patient care.
New Report
November 30, 2011 | News Release
Less than two cents of every tobacco dollar spent to fight tobacco use.