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December 31, 2009 | Book/Issue Brief
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology Series provides an in-depth look into the programs it funds. This year's Anthology focuses on the Foundation's efforts to learn from programs that didn't work out as planned.
September 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Related websites Physician Compare Mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Physician Compare website was created to allow consumers to compare physicians based on quality of care. In addition to information such as specialty, location, ...
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper from the Urban Institute discusses the promise of clinical practice guidelines as medical liability "safe harbors." The paper examines how guidelines can protect providers, how they would prevent defensive medicine, and challenges and hurdles in designing and applying such guidelines.
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Strengthening recess transforms the school climate, paving the way for less bullying and more focus on learning, according to new evaluation findings from Mathematica Policy Research and Stanford University.
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The “individual mandate”—the requirement that individuals either have health insurance coverage or pay a fine—is both the best known and the least popular component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If the ACA were in effect today, 94 percent of the ...
February 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This summary paper provides a status report on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Congress established the Innovation Center in the ACA primarily to test new payment and delivery models.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This issue brief is funded by RWJF as part of its Quick Strike Series and presents an analysis of the controversial individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This issue brief examines whether there is a correlation between the progress that states have made toward establishing the health insurance exchanges called for under ACA, and the expected benefits for state residents.
November 2, 2011 | Issue Brief
This policy paper examines the latest developments in accountable care organizations (ACOs), including a look at the final regulations on ACOs issued in October 2011 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Federally qualified health centers, community variation and prospects under reform.