Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Will Value Based Purchasing Work?
The Premier Pay-for-Performance Demonstration project in Medicare shows a tapering trend of quality improvement both for participating and non-participating hospitals. Perhaps secular trends, not P4P, are responsible for this. The National Demonstration Project is a national pay-for-performance program considered to Continue Reading …
Patient-Centered Medical Homes
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 person. Patient-centered medical home Continue Reading …
Law and Ointment
Overall HIV seroprevalence reported by the 50 state prison systems was 4.5 times as high as that for the general United States population. Correctional facilities indeed provide access to primary care and prevention services for a good number of Continue Reading …
Techno-Babble
A recent Health Affairs article casts doubt on the cost-saving prospects of health information technology despite the significant investments made by hospitals, physicians, and the federal government to promote electronic records. Reduced ordering of imaging and other diagnostic studies by Continue Reading …
Everyone Enters the Health Care Market
Next week, the Supreme Court will begin deliberation as to whether or not citizens of the United States can be required to purchase health insurance. If constitutional, health care will no longer be voluntary but a duty of citizenship. With Continue Reading …