Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
School Based Health Clinics
School-based health clinics bring care to where it is needed. By placing children in proximity to health care providers, communities can avoid emergency room visit and hospitalizations, keep kids in class, and save money. School-based health centers (SBHCs) are thought Continue Reading …
AMSA | Paul Ambrose Health Care for All Leadership Institute 2010 (Reston, VA)
Dr. Cedric Dark, MD, MPH (Founder and Executive Editor of Policy Prescriptions) spoke to the American Medical Student Association’s Paul Ambrose Health Care for All Leadership Institute on September 19, 2010. The Institute has a long history of inspiring medical Continue Reading …
Holding Caregivers Accountable
Payers for health services have attempted to restructure payment methodologies to align provider incentives with the production of efficient and quality care. Accountable care organizations are the latest iteration of this trend. Section 3022 of the new health reform law Continue Reading …
The Oregon Health Study
The Oregon Health Study will demonstrate what happens when low-income persons transition from the ranks of the uninsured to having insurance. It offers an opportunity to predict what might happen in the next few years once federal rules expand eligibility Continue Reading …
Lessons from the Dutch 2.0
As we have discussed in a prior review, Dutch passed health reform in 2005 the making major changes to the insurance market in that country. Pre-reform, the Dutch system was a mix of public and private systems. The public system covered the Continue Reading …