Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Laura Medford-Davis, MD, MS
Dr. Medford-Davis is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine and works as a health care consultant. Dr. Medford-Davis earned her undergraduate degrees in Spanish and Psychology at the University of Oklahoma and her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She trained in emergency medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a Masters of Science in Health Policy and Research.
Health Care Waste is a Pain in the Neck
Americans are still wasting time and money on low value back imaging. Continue Reading …
Two Options to Slow Healthcare Costs
The holy grail of value-based care is to reduce costs while improving quality. Zhang, et. al. compared the success of two different insurance designs in achieving that goal for total joint replacement surgeries. One insurance plan implemented reference-based pricing (RBP), Continue Reading …
Obamacare Shields from Financial Harm
In 2005, the 194 members of the World Health Organization, including the United States, committed to achieving universal health coverage as a Sustainable Development Goal. To meet the mark, UHC must not only provide equitable access, but also protect people Continue Reading …
By ‘n By Hard Times Comes A-Knocking
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) helped people living in low-income areas of Kentucky, reducing income-related health disparities. Specifically, people living in zip codes with the highest concentrations of poverty reported the largest improvements in obtaining insurance coverage and delaying care Continue Reading …
Transparency in Healthcare
Transparency in Health Care: Will Posting Prices Cut Costs? from Laura Medford-Davis
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