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October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Hilltop Institute’s Hospital Community Benefit Program is a central, objective resource for state and local decision-makers who seek to ensure that tax-exempt hospital community benefit activities are responsive to pressing community health need ...
October 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Hilltop Institute’s Hospital Community Benefit Program is a central, objective resource for state and local decision-makers who seek to ensure that tax exempt hospital community benefit activities are responsive to pressing community health need ...
September 6, 2012 | Report/Issue Brief
This issue brief presents a frank assessment of the merits and drawbacks of two payment models, bundled payments and global capitation, through a debate between Francois de Brantes and Robert Berenson.
September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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, ...
August 14, 2012 | Issue Brief
Some Encouraging Progress, Additional Improvements are Needed
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
Medicaid directors are positioned to influence the delivery of higher-quality, more cost-effective services across the health care system.
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This profile details Oregon’s innovative health care transformation process and the critical role of the state’s Medicaid director Judy Mohr Peterson in the statewide restructuring.
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This profile details Tennessee’s innovative health care transformation process and the critical role of the state’s Medicaid director Darin Gordon in the statewide restructuring.