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Health System Reform and Antitrust Law This policy brief addresses antitrust considerations that arise in health system transformation aimed at producing greater clinical integration and greater levels of information about the quality and cost of care.	Issue and policy briefs	11/04/2009
Fair Process in Physician Performance Rating Systems Programs to rate, grade, rank or tier physicians based on quality or other measures are becoming more commonplace as the demand for greater transparency and accountability in the nation's health care system intensifies. Once they are in a network or practicing...	Issue and policy briefs	11/03/2009
Can Accountable Care Organizations Improve the Value of Health Care by Solving the Cost and Quality Quandaries? Researchers from the Urban Institute look at the opportunities and challenges of accountable-care organizations, and conclude they will not be game changers in the short run. Published In: Quick Strike Series	Issue and policy briefs	10/29/2009
CMS Roadmaps for Quality Measurement, Resource Use and Promoting Value in Medicare This brief summarizes three roadmaps from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to promote lower-cost, high-quality care in the traditional fee-for-service-based Medicare program.	Issue and policy briefs	10/14/2009
What are Prometheus Payment Evidence-Informed Case Rates? This brief explains Evidence-informed Case Rates (ECRs), the core element of the PROMETHEUS Payment model.	Issue and policy briefs	09/04/2009
A Snapshot of U.S. Physicians: Key Findings From the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey According to this brief, almost 75 percent of physicians were accepting all or most new Medicare patients and slightly fewer than six in 10 physicians provided charity care in 2008.	Issue and policy briefs	09/03/2009
How Does the Quality of U.S. Health Care Compare Internationally? This analysis from the Urban Institute looks at the evidence on how quality of care in the United States compares to that in other countries and the implications for health reform. Published In: Quick Strike Series	Issue and policy briefs	08/20/2009
Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: Partnerships Between Employers and Health Plans A brief developed by Mathematica Policy Research explores health plan and employer partnerships to address disparities.	Issue and policy briefs	08/19/2009
The Relationship Between Practice Size and Quality of Care in Medicaid This report shows smaller practices often have lower performance rates for diabetes and asthma care and that racial and ethnic disparities persist across many areas of access and quality of care.	Issue and policy briefs	07/30/2009
Health Care Quality Transparency: If You Build It, Will Patients Come? A critical first step is to raise consumer awareness of the existence and serious implications of provider quality gaps.	Issue and policy briefs	07/22/2009

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