Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH, FAAP
Dr. Grubb received her MD from George Washington University. She completed pediatrics residency at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and is Board Certified in Pediatrics. She completed her fellowship in Adolescent Medicine and an MPH at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. She is currently an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.
Bundled payment experiment fails
As stakeholders implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA), innovative payment models are developing faster than practical applications. Bundled payments, defined as “a fixed payment that covers the average cost of a bundle of services” are the latest fad touted as Continue Reading …
Primary Care Access Pre-ACA
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) changes roll out, many critics and proponents have voiced concerns about provider availability in the wake of massive increases of insured persons. In fact, recent data suggest that the uninsured rate has already fallen Continue Reading …
Public plans and wait times
Merritt Hawkins, a for-profit, physician recruitment and workforce company, recently published a survey examining new patient access to physicians. Specifically, the survey recorded the time needed to schedule a new patient appointment with a physician in 15 major metropolitan markets Continue Reading …
How well do doctors know the ACA?
In the article “Physician Knowledge of and Attitudes toward the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” the authors survey otolaryngology surgeons using the Kaiser Family Foundation’s (KFF) 10 question health reform quiz. KFF published results from the general adult population Continue Reading …
PCHM’s do not reduce overall costs
Is bending the cost curve possible with an innovative strategy like the patient-centered medical home? As implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) gains traction, novel care such as and Patient Centered Medical Homes (PCMHs) are emerging Continue Reading …
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