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September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
September 25, 2012 | Report
Students in the United States consume almost 400 billion calories from high-calorie, low-nutrient foods sold at school each year.
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The project involved a partnership between tribes, regulatory agencies and health professionals to incorporate a health impact assessment (HIA) into the environmental impact process for oil and gas development and mining in Alaska
March 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) calls for significant policy changes that have meaningful and widespread implications for the U.S. health system. Microsimulation models were utilized throughout the legislative process that ...
April 23, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal recommends a $20 million increase over previous budget proposals for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, the primary source of federal funding for nursing education.
October 27, 2011 | Issue Brief
This policy brief summarizes findings and recommendations from four major studies which demonstrate that strategic investments in proven, community-based prevention programs could result in significant U.S. health care cost savings and improved health by preventing disease before it occurs.
September 19, 2011 | Survey/Poll
Charts, figures and photos Americans' Health Agenda: Chart 1 Americans' Health Agenda: Chart 2 Americans' Health Agenda: Chart 3 Despite recent polling finding that a majority of Americans prefer a smaller overall government, a new poll by the Rober ...
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Each year, roughly 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne diseases, 128,000 people are hospitalized and 3,000 die from related complications.
December 27, 2012 | Video
A Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow describes how his experience in the program has been transformational, in more ways than one.
July 14, 2011 | Issue Brief
Washington debates whether to extend federal funding to states for Medicaid coverage in the face of reduced state tax revenues. Without it, states may have to take drastic measures to balance state budgets.