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Changes Needed To Fulfill The Potential Of Medicare’s ACO Program
The Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), Medicare’s main program for accountable care organizations (ACOs), has grown rapidly since it began in 2012. It added 89 new provider organizations earlier...
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Recent Trends In The Nursing Pipeline: US Educated BSNs Continue To Increase
To become licensed as a registered nurse (RN), graduates of nursing programs must pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) administered by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing...
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What Can Patients Do In The Face Of Physician Conflict Of Interest?
Trust has always been essential to medical care. Of what use are the best communication skills, physician empathy, or clinical knowledge if patients don’t trust the advice and information that their...
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The Quality Tower Of Babel
The quest for better health care, driven by measuring safety and quality, is well intentioned and has notable achievements. But like the Biblical story about building a better city, the measurement...
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More from the Grantmakers In Health Annual Conference: Diane Meier on...
This past week, I gave you a brief glimpse of the 2015 GIH Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. Here are two more vignettes from the conference, held in March. Its theme was Pathways to Health. Diane...
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A Wannabe Winemaker Plots The Path To A New Health Care Delivery System
Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil recently surprised readers with his comments on “Why I Oppose Payment Reform.” Those of us who fell for that bit of click bait discovered that, of course, he...
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Preventing Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries: History as a Guide for...
This blog post is adapted from the author’s book A World of Giving: Carnegie Corporation of New York: A Century of International Philanthropy, published by PublicAffairs in 2014. The book is a...
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Bridging the Gap between Behavioral and Primary Health Care for Low-Income...
“Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is...
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Foundation Blogs Round-up: Retail Clinics, E-Cigarettes, and More
Here is a sampling of foundation blog posts that recently caught my eye. Health Care Delivery “Retail Clinics Are Expanding Their Role within the Health Care System,” by Tara Oakman, on the Robert Wood...
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How Lay Health Care Workers Can Add High Touch To High Tech
There is much talk about technology as “the” patient engagement solution. However, true patient engagement requires much more than technology. It starts with a focus on patient experience. Interactions...
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It Is Time To Make Oral Health An Integral Part Of Primary Care
While health care experts and health philanthropy are becoming increasingly aware that oral health is essential for healthy development and healthy aging, nationwide, there remains an unacceptably...
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Dynamic Vision Is A Cornerstone Of State Payment Reform Initiatives
Faced with rising health care costs, states are designing and implementing payment reforms that fundamentally transform how the health care market provides and pays for services. Two states in...
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Fifty Years Later: Why Medicaid Still Matters
This year, as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Medicaid and Medicare, it is worth reflecting on the performance and value of these critical programs. Since their inception much...
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Advancing Integrated Behavioral Health Care In Texas And Maine: Lessons From...
“We don’t even speak the same language,” a primary care provider explained during an Integrated Behavioral Health/Primary Care team meeting. “So, it’s not surprising it took us a lot longer to learn...
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Lean: A Comprehensive Approach To The Transformation Our Health Care System...
Many approaches to improving value in our health system focus on specific issues involving care delivery models such as optimizing primary care, coordinating care transitions, facilitating the care of...
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A Decade After ‘The Storm': Building a Resilient New Orleans
I recently traveled to my beloved hometown of New Orleans to represent GE at a number of events related to the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I had the privilege to participate in the Katrina...
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Health, Economics, And Preparedness: Considerations And Paths Forward
Last month marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which killed nearly 2,000 and displaced more than 250,000 people from Louisiana to Florida. This anniversary and more recent events like...
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A ‘Patient-First’ Approach To Technical Assistance: Lessons From The RWJF’s...
Recent efforts to provide technical assistance to local organizations working on the front lines of health care innovation have shown me that grantees—like patients—want help that is timely,...
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The State Of Medicaid In New York: Progress And The Road To Value-Based Payments
As states throughout the nation work to change how health care is delivered and paid for, New York is undertaking its largest effort yet to transform the state’s Medicaid health care delivery and...
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Working Toward Happier Birthdays: An Effort In California To Lower C-Section...
Birth is universal, and because of this fact, it is also a big health care issue. Childbirth is the number-one reason for hospitalization in the United States. The stakes are high, both healthwise and...
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