Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Affordability & Delivery System
Obamacare’s Impact on the Safety Net
Safety-net hospitals (SNHs) are a legacy of America’s failure to ensure universal health care. Though EMTALA requires all hospitals to assess and stabilize patients regardless of ability to pay, SNHs provide a vital function by going beyond that minimum standard Continue Reading …
Stop, Switch, and Save?
As the cost of health care in America rises, many employers have turned to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) in order to cut spending. Enrollees are incentivized by greater cost sharing to shop for inexpensive providers. In most marketplaces, Americans are Continue Reading …
If You Build It, They Will Check In
As freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) grow in number, so grows their financial impact on U.S. healthcare spending. A recent study analyzed the effect of FSEDs on Medicare expenditures while considering confounding economic variables present in the healthcare marketplace. Ultimately, the Continue Reading …
Trimming the Fat
The use of costly, unnecessary medical tests that provide little benefit to the patient, known as low-value healthcare services, is a major cause of wasteful spending in the healthcare system. The recent rise of consumer-directed health plans (CDHP) aims to Continue Reading …
Two Options to Slow Healthcare Costs
The holy grail of value-based care is to reduce costs while improving quality. Zhang, et. al. compared the success of two different insurance designs in achieving that goal for total joint replacement surgeries. One insurance plan implemented reference-based pricing (RBP), Continue Reading …
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