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.)
The Slowdown in Health Care Spending in 2009-11 Reflected Factors Other Than the Weak Economy and Thus may Persist
May 6, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examines two factors that might account for slower health spending: job loss and benefit changes that shifted more costs to insured people.
Additional Reductions in Medicare Spending Growth Will Likely Require Shifting Costs to Beneficiaries
May 6, 2013 | Journal Article
The primary policy issue facing the U.S. health care system is the rate of spending growth in public programs, and solving that problem will probably require reforms to the entire health care sector.
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.
Special Issue of Health Affairs 'Tackles' the Cost Conundrum
May 6, 2013 | Story
Researchers take a look at the recent slowdown in the growth of health care spending and question whether this slowdown is temporary or here to stay.
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.