Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Author: Patrick Fitzgerald, MPH
Mr. Fitzgerald currently works as an analyst for UCare, a Managed Care Organization serving Medicaid and Medicare recipients in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
MassHealth’s P4P Program Fails to Produce
Conflicting with evidence from other studies, an evaluation of MassHealth’s Medicaid Pay-for-Performance plan failed to show a significant effect on quality improvement measures despite spending $2.6 million for incentives. Pay for Performance (P4P) is the concept of using financial incentives Continue Reading …
Advocacy for Sale?
Politics makes strange bedfellows. However, advocacy organizations should inform the public and policy makers about the financial relationships with for-profit entities with whom advocacy groups consort. Health advocacy organizations (HAOs) are typically organizations of prominent, trusted stakeholders who conduct campaigns Continue Reading …
Implementing ACO’s
One strategy for implementing Accountable Care Organizations is detailed in the case study of Advocate Physician Partners. This case report describes Advocate Physician Partners (APP) in Illinois, a physician-hospital Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model which seeks to integrate independent physician Continue Reading …
International Health System Design
Each nation has a uniquely tailored health care system. The Commonwealth Fund’s annual health policy survey provides insights about how the United States compares to the rest of the world’s industrialized democracies. This 2010 Commonwealth Fund health policy survey was Continue Reading …
2010 Year in Review
The past year has been more monumental for health policy unlike any other time since the enactment of Medicare. Yet, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, delivered by Congressional Democrats and President Obama, will be viciously challenged by Republicans Continue Reading …
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