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Oregon's community hospitals are committed to working together to produce high-quality patient care to all the patients that access their services. Our mission is to share best-practices, work across boundaries, and create a safe and transparent environment for effective clinical change and…
The paper makes recommendations for enhancing QI efforts in health care, including providing stronger incentives for health care providers and organizations to prioritize quality; improving education, training, and technical assistance for providers; leveraging electronic health records or other…
One of the leading alternative payment models proposed in the Affordable Care Act of 2010 is bundled payment, which provides payment for all of the care a patient needs over the course of a defined clinical episode, instead of paying for each discrete service. We evaluated the initial “road…
Payers are considering bundled payments for inpatient surgery, combining provider reimbursements into a single payment for the entire episode. We found that current Medicare episode payments for certain inpatient procedures varied by 49–130 percent across hospitals sorted into five…
As the use of palliative care grows, so does the diversity of patients who opt for it. A free curriculum for trainers of medical interpreters covers the topic with sensitivity.
The federal Affordable Care Act will transform how Californians obtain health insurance. CHCF examines what the law means for the state, and the building blocks moving forward.
This paper explores the current limits of primary care in the US, looks at illustrative models that deliver primary care in a variety of settings, identifies barriers to innovation, and outlines prospects for the future.
This policy paper examines the latest developments in accountable care organizations (ACOs), including a look at the final regulations on ACOs issued in October 2011 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The paper, written by the Urban Institute, provides an overview of ACOs,…
CMS issued a final rule with comment period that updates payment policies and rates for physicians and nonphysician practitioners for services paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in calendar year 2012. More than 1 million providers of vital health services to Medicare beneficiaries…
The IOM's Roundtable on Health Literacy brings together leaders from the federal government, foundations, health plans, associations, and private companies to discuss challenges related to health literacy and to identify approaches to promoting health literacy in both the public and private…