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.
Defining Value in Healthcare through Price and Cost Transparency
Dr. Laura Medford-Davis’ exploration into the costs of care across the U.S. Defining Value in Healthcare through Price and Cost Transparency from Cedric Dark
Medical Prices are all Over the Map
For people with private insurance, the same health services cost thousands of dollars more in different states across the nation, different cities within the same state, and even in different parts of a single city. A knee replacement, including the Continue Reading …
“I’m from the Government & I’m here to help”
Despite fears of failing Marketplaces, death spirals, and a recent threat by UnitedHealth to withdraw from the Marketplaces altogether, researchers find that insurer participation and Marketplace offerings increased between 2014 and 2015. The data also show that each additional insurer Continue Reading …
“Greed in a Good Cause is Still Greed”
The government is spending $24.6 billion every year on tax breaks for approximately 2,100 nonprofit hospitals in the United States. But in return, these nonprofit hospitals are only spending 3% of their budgets on charity care. Seventy-one percent of these Continue Reading …
Docs Earn More with ACA, if State Participates
The Affordable Care Act is paying doctors more through Medicaid expansion. Payments to physicians for hospital stays increased by $3.38 (4.2%) per day. About half of the higher payments were due to better payer mix. This means that uninsured patients Continue Reading …