Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
SGR Fix Requires Risk for Doctors
The SGR represents an annual fiscal cliff for doctors yet the political will to fix the problem eludes Congress. Over the last decade, Medicare’s Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula has become a troubling financial topic for policy makers and physicians Continue Reading …
Consumer-directed health care
Consumer-Directed Health Plans have increased in popularity but are only marginally helpful. Consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) intend to control costs by shifting the financial risk of health care decision-making from payers to patients. CDHPs require consumers to enroll in a Continue Reading …
A Policy Prescription for 2013
My prescription for health reform expands on the themes of tax reform, Medicaid, and physicians’ annual adventures with their own congressionally imposed fiscal cliff. Dysfunction and partisan bickering in Washington, DC has led to the nation approaching and plummeting off Continue Reading …
2012 Year in Review (Part 4 of 4)
Health Care Costs Healthcare a luxury… in the United States??!! Yes. To a small portion of the population (e.g. unionized workers, CEOs) this is a reality. Whether it is the lack of co-pays or deductibles that encourage overuse of medical care, Continue Reading …
2012 Year in Review (Part 2 of 4)
Alternative Healthcare Delivery Systems The concept of the medical home is an old one, developed in the 1960s for the pediatric population, but lately has grown in popularity. It hopes to provide for patients comprehensive, coordinated care for the whole Continue Reading …
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