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January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Policy-makers are considering a number of models to reform the payment system, including accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes, comprehensive care payment and episode-based payment.
August 25, 2003 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Health Research and Education Trust, in collaboration with the Wharton School, studied joint hospital and physician group efforts to create integrated service arrangements and facilitated managed care contracting.
April 18, 2013 | Report
The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends ways to contain health care spending while improving the quality and affordability of care.
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.
April 1, 2013 | Report
A diverse group of health care stakeholders present their recommendations for controlling costs and improving the quality of our health care system.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The U.S. system of billing third parties for health care services is complex, expensive and inefficient. This study examines excessive administrative complexity from a focused and potentially practical perspective.
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.
September 20, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper explores the factors that are driving the level of spending on health care in the United States.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
During 1994 and 1995, researchers from the Massachusetts Health Research Institute examined the effects of Chapter 495 on the health care market in Worcester, Mass.
November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report
During 1995 and 1996, researchers at the Barents Group conducted an external evaluation of the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative as part of an overall Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) review of HCFO. (See Grant Results on the program.)