Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
Browse research, insight and analysis on key issues affecting health and health care in the United States.
Reimbursement Issues
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Saving Billions of Dollars--And Physicians' Time--By Streamlining Billing Practices
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The U.S. system of billing third parties for health care services is complex, expensive and inefficient. This study examines excessive administrative complexity from a focused and potentially practical perspective.
Paying Physicians For Medicare Services
December 2, 2010 | Issue Brief
Congress has repeatedly postponed cuts to physician fees under Medicare, but has reached no agreement on how to restrain growth in spending.
An Emerging Middle Ground?
July 6, 2009 | Report
The report identifies and explores eight areas in which diverse business, medical and consumer interests are beginning to find middle ground and earn the support of bipartisan lawmakers.
Coverage When it Counts
May 1, 2009 | Report
This report suggests a new method for developing benchmarks to illustrate some types and costs of medical care consumers might need under a variety of scenarios, and for evaluating health insurance protection using these benchmarks.
The Impact of Profitability of Hospital Admissions on Mortality
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
When hospital service line profit goes down, mortality goes up.
Child FIRST Develops an Evidence-Based Early Childhood Intervention
February 5, 2013 | Program Result
Child FIRST is a home-based early childhood intervention that works with the most vulnerable very young children and their families to reduce serious emotional disturbance, developmental and learning problems, and abuse and neglect.
Quality-Based Payment for Medical Groups and Individual Physicians
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This survey on quality-based payment found that the prevalence of external performance bonuses paid by insurers to large medical groups is larger than the prevalence of performance bonuses paid by the medical groups to the primary care and specialist physicians.
Health Care Financing and Organization Grant Recipient Works to Understand What the Uninsured Pay for Hospital Services
October 7, 2011 | Story
A Profile of Glenn A. Melnick, PhD.
Sensory Processing Difficulties and Autism Spectrum Disorders in Toddlers
March 3, 2011 | Toolkit
This presentation outlines sensory processing difficulties and autism spectrum disorders in toddlers, including: sensitivity and reaction to sensory input; biologic/temperamental disposition; care-giving milieu; autism diagnosis; intervention; and o ...
Child FIRST Learning Session 4
September 15, 2010 | Toolkit
This presentation (Learning Session #4) was from the Child FIRST (Child and Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training) program which took place on September 15-16, 2012. Child FIRST works with the most vulnerable young children (prenatal th ...