Do ACOs Raise Anti-Trust Concerns?
October 9, 2012 | Issue Brief
ACOs are promising vehicles for delivering health care more efficiently, but some insurers and regulators worry they could reduce competition and drive up prices.
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Consumer-directed Health Plans
October 1, 2012 | Report
For more information contact: www.policysynthesis.org The managed care backlash of the 1990s combined with rising health expenditures led to the creation of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), which place greater responsibility for health care ...
Disease Politics and Medical Research Funding
October 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article examines 53 diseases over 19 years to better understand how disease advocacy has impacted funding distributions, changed the perceived beneficiaries of policies, promoted metrics for commensuration, and made culture categories of worth more relevant to policy-making.
What is Driving U.S. Health Care Spending
September 20, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper explores the factors that are driving the level of spending on health care in the United States.
ACA Implementation - Monitoring and Tracking Series: Cross Cutting Issues
September 7, 2012 | Report
The case study states analyzed in these reports are Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Virginia.
Policy Issues in American Indian Health Governance
March 10, 2011 | Journal Article
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (ISDEAA, PL 93-638) allows tribes to assume the management and control of health care programs from Indian Health Service (IHS) and to increase flexibility in health care program development.
Integrating Community Health Centers Into Organized Delivery Systems Can Improve Access to Subspecialty Care
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
These researchers determined that the Integrated System model appears to provide the most comprehensive and cohesive access to subspecialty care.
Borrowing Business Practices to Improve Medicare
January 17, 2011 | Program Result Report
George Washington University started the Health Insurance Reform Project to help policy-makers and others in the health care field understand changes and innovations occurring in the health care and insurance markets.
Governors Get on Board to Help Their States Tackle Childhood Obesity
August 30, 2010 | Program Result Report
RWJF provided four grants to enable the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices to enlist governors in tackling the childhood obesity epidemic and encourage state innovation in policies and programs.
Health Affairs Supported by RWJF Since 1992
February 1, 2012 | Program Result Report
RWJF has supported Health Affairs, a health policy journal, for 20 years.