Opportunities to Advance Patient-Centeredness and Equity
With the historic enactment of national health care reform in March 2010, it can be a little overwhelming to understand all the details and implications of this huge structural shift in national health care policy.
As I continue to refine my own knowledge and understanding of the national health care reform law, I will share my analyses and presentations here. I will be highlighting what I call the “patient-centeredness” and “equity” elements of the legislation, two of the components of health care quality identified by the Institute of Medicine.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published this fact sheet describing how small group physician practices (defined Continue reading
The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee established by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) has issued a Continue reading
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made available two additional resources about its proposed rule implementing the Medicare Continue reading
Buried deep (on pages 501-502) in the 900+ page pre-publication version of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Continue reading
Community Catalyst has published this policy platform for health system transformation from a health consumer perspective. When using the framework Continue reading
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published this useful summary of its proposed rule implementing the Medicare Access and Continue reading
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published its much-anticipated proposed rule to implement the Medicare Access and Childrens’ Continue reading
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a final rule, updating requirements for managed care plans funded by Continue reading
Ignatius Bau 