National Committee for Quality Assurance: Kelsey-Sebold Clinic First to Receive ACO Accreditation

The Kelsey-Sebold Clinic is the first organization to receive accreditation as an accountable care organization (ACO) from the National Committee Continue reading →

The Advisory Board Company: State Decisions on Medicaid Expansion and Health Insurance Exchanges

This is an updated map from The Advisory Board Company on each state’s decision about whether to expand Medicaid eligibility Continue reading →

The Advisory Board Company: Where States Stand on Health Insurance Exchange Decisions

The Advisory Board Company has an updated chart on the status of state-by-state decisions on whether to implement a state-run Continue reading →

Kaiser Family Foundation: Establishing Health Insurance Exchanges

This issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation describes the options that each state has for implementing health insurance exchanges Continue reading →

Institute of Medicine: Collecting Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Data in Electronic Health Records

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has released a summary of its October 12, 2012 workshop on the collection of sexual Continue reading →

What My Father Taught Me About Health and Health Care, About Life and Death

Three months ago, my father Andrew Shih Lun Bau passed away, peacefully, in his own home.  Next week, on Christmas Continue reading →

RWJF – Health Affairs Policy Brief: Reducing Waste in Health Care

This policy brief from Health Affairs and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation describes the sources and potential solutions to reducing Continue reading →

National Quality Forum: Assessment of Quality Measures for “Disparities-Sensitivity”

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has developed an assessment tool to evaluate whether health care quality measures are “sensitive” in Continue reading →