Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
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Preserving Medicare for Future Generations: Market-Based Approaches to Reform
April 16, 2013 | Report
The American Enterprise Insitute proposes solutions to address Medicare’s sustainability crisis and inefficiencies in the system.
Better Care, Better Health, Lower Cost
January 30, 2013 | Report
Cuyahoga County had fewer hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions between 2009 and 2011 (a cost savings of $20 million.)
What's the Price of Health Care?
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Reducing health care costs is a key public policy issue, but a complicated one because costs and prices are opaque not only to the public but often to health care providers, purchasers, and payers.
Evaluating an Intervention to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Services
November 13, 2012 | Program Result
From November 2010 through March 2012, the California Quality Collaborative (CQC) conducted an evaluation of its regional improvement effort aimed at reducing unnecessary services and engaging physicians in improving efficiency of resource use.
What Are the Biggest Drivers of Cost in U.S. Health Care?
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
U.S. health care costs continue to rise, with per capita costs already the highest in the world. Higher prices, worse efficiency and the cost of insurance administration are the leading reasons U.S. costs are higher.
Better Care for Super-Utilizers
October 31, 2012 | Story
Jeffrey Brenner, MD, created a model for improving care while reducing costs for complex patients who are "superutilizers" of the health care system. After using claims data to identify these patients, teams offer personalized care management.
Access to Prescription Drugs for Medicare Beneficiaries
March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Despite the introduction of a Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit in January 2006, roughly the same proportion of elderly Medicare beneficiaries in 2003 and 2007--about 8 percent--skipped filling at least one prescription drug because of cost concerns, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change.
Patient Costs as a Barrier to Intensive Health Behavior Counseling
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the influence of cost on patient use of behavioral counseling services. Smoking and obesity are two major public health challenges, but few health insurance plans cover counseling services to help individuals lose weight or stop smoking. Little is known about how the cost of behavioral counseling services affects the consumption of such services.
Feedback from the Field
June 7, 2010 | Story
"One Minute Memos" from our partners and the public, sharing their thoughts and ideas on health reform.