Susan Dentzer: Toward a Healthy America
May 9, 2013 | Culture of Health Post
These reports provide an important starting point for the next round of serious health care reforms.
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Policy Makers Will Need a Way to Update Bundled Payments That Reflects Highly Skewed Spending Growth of Various Care Episodes
May 6, 2013 | Journal Article
Bundled payment is seen as a promising way to slow the growth of health care spending while maintaining or improving the quality of care.
Bending the Curve: Person-Centered Health Care Reform
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
Report of the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform
March 4, 2013 | Issue Brief
The National Commission on Physician Payment Reform studies new ways to improve patient outcomes, while reining in costs.
Saving Medicaid: Advancing Health Reform
February 13, 2013 | Story
A three-time RWJF grantee leads a plan that will save billions in the nation’s largest Medicaid system—using tools in the Affordable Care Act and RWJF support.
Pay-for-Performance
October 11, 2012 | Issue Brief
"Pay-for-performance" programs are supposed to replace traditional fee-for-service care under the Affordable Care Act. Yet studies show pay-for-performance programs have yielded mixed results.
Medicare as Insurance Innovator
September 25, 2012 | Journal Article
Traditional or fee-for-service Medicare has produced many innovations in the payment for health care services, while private insurance has produced a series of benefit design innovations.
Improving Care Transitions
September 13, 2012 | Issue Brief
Better coordination of patient transfers among care sites and within the community could save money and improve the quality of care.
Fee-For-Service Will Remain A Feature Of Major Payment Reforms, Requiring More Changes In Medicare Physician Payment
September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Many health policy analysts envision provider payment reforms currently under development as replacements for the traditional fee-for-service payment system. Reforms include per episode bundled payment and elements of capitation, such as global paym ...