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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A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
Limited Options to Manage Specialty Drug Spending
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Spending on specialty drugs—typically high-cost biologics used to treat a variety of serious, complex conditions ranging from blood disorders to rheumatoid arthritis—has been growing at a persistently high rate in recent years.
Research Finds Out-of-Pocket Costs Varied Greatly Among 10 Health Insurance Plans
September 28, 2012 | Program Result
An analysis of the differences in the way 10 health insurance plans in Massachusetts covered the medical costs associated with serious diseases.
Essential Health Benefits
May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States welcome the opportunity to customize their own set of health insurance plans that will offer 10 categories called 'essential health benefits,' but health care providers, consumer groups and patient advocates would prefer a national standard.
Illness, Injury and Medical Expenses Contributed to More Than 60 Percent of 2007 Bankruptcies & Less Than a Quarter Were Uninsured
October 29, 2009 | Program Result
Faculty at Harvard and Ohio Universities studied a national random sample of personal bankruptcy cases to determine the extent to which medical problems contributed to the individuals' financial difficulties.
Consumer Beliefs and Use of Information about Health Care Cost, Resource Use, and Value
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Increased investments in transparency—particularly of health care cost and resource use information—are meant to address the challenges of rising costs and inefficient care.
Cost, Quality, Access
November 1, 2001 | Program Result
Columbia University, New York, convened two seminars to help develop a dialogue between members of the business community and medical professionals on how they could work together to have a more positive impact on the quality of health care.
The Rural Implications of Geographic Rating of Health Insurance Premiums
May 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service examine the implications of geographic rating, the practice of adjusting insurance premiums to reflect regional differences in the cost of health care, on risk pooling and insurance premiums.
Do Patients and Their Physicians Communicate About Out-of-Pocket Medical Costs and Their Impact on Health?
January 24, 2013 | Story
Though most patients wanted to talk with their doctor about out-of-pocket expenses, only 35 percent of physicians and 15 percent of patients reported ever having discussed them.