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April 2016
This has been a big week for supporters of multi-payer alignment in health care and primary care transformation. On Monday, April 11, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) announced that they will be implementing a new payment model—Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+). On Thursday, they released much delayed results from the evaluation of the second-year performance of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative payment model, the precursor to CPC+. More
March 2016
Is data the plural of anecdote? What is the value of using evidence—research and studies—to help inform policy and budget decisions? How do you… More
How fast are health care costs growing in your state? What services or populations seem to be contributing most to those cost increases? Understanding… More
The Center for Evidence-based Policy at Oregon Health and Science University has received $1.6 million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation… More
Though the health crisis in Flint, Michigan, has highlighted the use of lead in water pipes, lead, a neurotoxin, can be found throughout the U.S. on… More
February 2016
A 2015 survey of Reforming States Group (RSG) members—in which the Fund asked participants about the impact RSG meetings had on their work—was the… More
January 2016
The following topics were the subject of presentations at the fall 2015 Reforming States Group meetings: Aging in America presentations on… More
AcademyHealth’s National Health Policy Conference will be held this year on February 1 and 2 in Washington, DC. The popular annual conference brings… More
In 2015, the Milbank Memorial Fund published reports and issue briefs on a wide range of topics in health policy. A look back at our new… More
In 2050, the population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the number it was in 2012. The needs of this aging population… More
