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.
This past month saw directly conflicting U.S. Court of Appeals decisions issued on the issue of whether federal tax credits Continue reading
Covered California, California’s state-based health insurance marketplace established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has announced tentative premiums Continue reading
This issue brief from the Health Research & Education Trust of the American Hospital Association and the Association for Community Continue reading
This issue brief from the American Hospital Association (AHA) describes the need for hospitals to transform from volume-based payments to Continue reading
This “roadmap” from the Health Research & Education Trust of the American Hospital Association uses a futurist framework to describe Continue reading
This report from the American Hospital Association’s Health Research and Education Trust describes how hospitals and health systems will need Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reported that American consumers have saved a total of $9 Continue reading
This data brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation reports results from a national survey of individuals who have purchased their Continue reading
Ignatius Bau 