Strengthening Affordability and Quality in America's Health Care System

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.

Supplemental Coverage Associated With More Rapid Spending Growth for Medicare Beneficiaries

May 6, 2013 | Journal Article

This is the first empirical study to investigate whether supplemental Medicare coverage is associated with higher rates of spending growth over time.

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.

Reducing Costs

These resources explore methods for reducing the ever-increasing costs of American health care.

Diverse Groups Forge Consensus on Curbing Health Care Spending While Improving Quality

April 11, 2013 | News Release

A diverse group of health care stakeholders present their recommendations for controlling costs and improving the quality of our health care system.

The Case for Public Reporting of Cost & Resource Use Measures

December 1, 2011 | Issue Brief

While demand for cost and resource use information among payers, providers and consumers appears to be increasing, its value may not be fully realized by some—or all—of these stakeholder groups in each community.

Accountable Care Organizations in Medicare and the Private Sector

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).

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 ...

Health Care Costs are Killing Us

January 4, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.

Let’s Get Serious about Substance Abuse Treatment – Starting with Payment Reform

January 3, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post

This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.