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Payment Reform for Safety-Net Institutions — Improving Quality and Outcomes(0)
C. Jason Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Kathleen N. Conroy, M.D., and Barry Zuckerman, M.D.
In the U.S. health care system today, many hospitals have the market power to raise the prices of their services without showing evidence of improvements in the quality of care.1 In an effort to realign incentives, health care reformers are now proposing to [...]
Litigation amidst Reform — The Boston Medical Center Case
Wendy E. Parmet, J.D.
Nearly 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America, “There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.” If de Tocqueville had it right, it should not be surprising that as we debate health care reform, litigation [...]
Implementing Evidence-Based Health Policy in Washington State
Gary M. Franklin, M.D., M.P.H., and Brian R. Budenholzer, M.D.
The Obama administration’s infusion of stimulus funds into enhanced comparative-effectiveness research (CER) is in keeping with the conclusion of a recent Commonwealth Fund report that, of the top 15 ways of bringing health care costs under control, CER promises the greatest short- and long-term savings.1
Group Health Cooperative — One Coverage-and-Delivery Model for Accountable Care
Eric B. Larson, M.D., M.P.H.
“On January 1, 1947, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound began delivering a new kind of healthcare. Consumers paid flat monthly dues for comprehensive care.
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