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October 26, 2012 | Issue Brief
States will need to develop IT systems that securely provide consumers with answers about their eligibility for public health insurance benefits or tax subsidies as they implement health reform.
September 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Related websites Physician Compare Mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Physician Compare website was created to allow consumers to compare physicians based on quality of care. In addition to information such as specialty, location, ...
July 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Many industries have lowered costs and improved quality through investments in information technology. The health care sector, however, has been slow to follow suit.
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The July 2009, part 2, issue of Charting Nursing's Future addresses the quality and safety gap.
May 19, 2009 | Issue Brief
The second issue of LegalNotes addresses the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
April 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper from the Urban Institute discusses the promise of clinical practice guidelines as medical liability "safe harbors." The paper examines how guidelines can protect providers, how they would prevent defensive medicine, and challenges and hurdles in designing and applying such guidelines.
February 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This summary paper provides a status report on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Congress established the Innovation Center in the ACA primarily to test new payment and delivery models.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This issue brief is funded by RWJF as part of its Quick Strike Series and presents an analysis of the controversial individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act.
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
This issue brief examines whether there is a correlation between the progress that states have made toward establishing the health insurance exchanges called for under ACA, and the expected benefits for state residents.
November 2, 2011 | Issue Brief
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).