Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Lisa Maurer, MD
Dr. Maurer is an attending physician with Emergency Medicine Specialists in Milwaukee, WI where she serves as Legislative Liaison.Gender differences in health costs
Health insurance pools risk and redistributes costs among the members of society. Women tend to accrue greater health care costs than their male counterparts. Under the Affordable Care Act all health insurance premiums – for men and women – will Continue Reading …
Risk Equalization Schemes
Health insurance is designed to pool risk among individuals. Profit-seeking health insurers attempt to limit their risk by selecting healthier consumers. To counter this behavior, many nations have implemented risk equalization schemes. A recent article in the journal Health Policy Continue Reading …
A $56 Billion Poison Pill
Malpractice litigation is supposed to remedy the situation where patients are damaged by the negligent behavior of clinicians. Unfortunately, this costly system does a poor job of compensating patients or ensuring safety in patient care. In an effort to pinpoint Continue Reading …
Creating New Payment Strategies in Medicare
Traditional fee-for-service payments for health care services are inefficient and reward volume over quality. Likewise, the separate payments for outpatient, acute care, and subacute care do not promote coordination of services. Among the many changes created by the Patient Protection Continue Reading …
P4P in Nursing Homes
Nursing homes receive the majority of their income through Medicaid. Thus, state administrators wield a powerful lever for improving quality in nursing home care through pay-for-performance programs. Amidst increasing pressure for higher quality and lower cost health care, monetary incentives Continue Reading …