Medical Malpractice
April 1, 2011 | Report
This Update reviews the evidence concerning the effects of both traditional and innovative medical liability reforms on defensive medicine and medical liability costs.
Legal Systems and Issues
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Health Care Fraud
October 27, 2009 | Report
This analysis finds that fraud poses a major challenge in both the private and public insurance sectors and recommends policies aimed at assuring uniform and transparent measurement and reporting of fraud across all forms of coverage.
Tax Credits for Health Insurance
January 1, 2009 | Report
This paper discusses the role that tax law can play in the implementation of health reform. The tax code has served as the primary vehicle for subsidizing health care in the United States, with subsidies averaging $245 billion per year. Use of the tax code to support or implement health policy is extremely common in proposals at both the federal and state levels.
Identifying Effective Catalysts for Action Toward Community Health Improvement in Underserved Communities in Wisconsin
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: The goal of this project is to promote broad-based community health improvement in underserved rural communities in Wisconsin through a low-cost health communication intervention.
Expanding the Ability of Practitioners and Scholars to Assess Law as a Tool to Improve Public Health
January 4, 2011 | Report
Knowledge Asset: An ongoing study examines the breadth of local public health decision-making authority and describes how local public health ordinances fill gaps in or supplement existing state and federal public health ordinances.
Creating Health Courts Through Consent
July 1, 2008 | Report
This product was provided to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation by the grantee organization, Common Good Institute, Inc.