Better to Best: Value-Driving Elements of the Patient-Centered Medical Home and Accountable Care Organizations

This is a report from a convening in September 201o sponsored by The Commonwealth Fund, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy Continue reading →

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: Bundled Payment Demonstrations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the first recipients of grant funds to demonstrate the feasibility 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 →

HHS Advisory Committee on Minority Health: Recommendations for Health Insurance Exchanges

The following was my presentation to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Minority Health on Continue reading →

Commonwealth Fund: Explaining High Health Care Spending in the U.S.

This issue brief from the Commonwealth Fund compares U.S. health care spending with health care spending in other countries.  The analysis Continue reading →

Kaiser Family Foundation: Health Care Costs – A Primer

This comprehensive analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation is a primer on health care costs in the United States.  Among Continue reading →

National Institute for Health Care Management: Understanding U.S. Health Care Spending

This data brief from the National Institute for Health Care Management describes basic trends in U.S. health care spending: U.S. Continue reading →

Alliance for Health Reform: Cost Drivers in Health Care

This issue brief from the Alliance for Health Reform, prepared by Health Policy Alternatives, describes some of the primary cost Continue reading →