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Blog Post
April 2020 Deven McGraw,
Ensuring the flow of health information is critical to meeting the challenges of COVID-19 by for example, facilitating telehealth and reporting of data related to the pandemic. More
News Article
April 2020
Primary care practices—many of which are independent small businesses—are in grave danger at a time when the country needs them most. The… More
Publication
April 2020 Stephanie B. Gold, MD, Larry A. Green, John M. Westfall, MD, MPH,
The authors make the case for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement risk-adjusted, prospective primary care payments now for all practices to meet better people’s needs—for the current COVID-19 crisis, for routine care, and for future crises yet unknown. More
April 2020 Joel C. Cantor,
A look at the significance of the Camden Coalition hot-spotting trial results—and a New Jersey Medicaid ACO demonstration that also used a hot-spotting approach—for Medicaid, which covers the nation’s most medically and socially complex patients. More
March 2020 Terry Fulmer,
In the 1990s, the notion of “elder-friendly” care began emerging, likely in response to the “baby-friendly hospital” initiative. While it… More
December 2019 Christopher F. Koller,
This fall in Rhode Island, a local hospital set up a series of flu immunization clinics in churches and other hubs in low-income communities. In his latest “The View From Here,” Milbank Memorial Fund President Christopher F. Koller says that, on the one hand, this hospital and others like it are finally understanding the impact of a person’s social characteristics, such as income, education, and housing, on their health. More
November 2019
Ann-marie Boxall is no stranger to the push and pull of health care negotiations between national and state governments. As the assistant secretary… More
October 2019 Evan Saulino,
Evan Saulino, MD, has implemented quality improvement efforts on the frontline and contributed to policy development at the state and national level. In a new Milbank blog post, Saulino assesses the progress made over the last 20 years, and some of the communication and other gaps that continue to exist between health care payers and providers. More
June 2019 Jennifer T. Lloyd, Stephanie M. Kissam, Allison Pompey,
Rising health care costs are a pressing concern for governments, payers, employers, and patients. States have a vested interest in improving health… More
August 2017
Many state health policy leaders are interested in telehealth as a way of expanding patient access to care, especially in rural areas. This report looks at ways to expand and clarify telehealth reimbursement policies, especially as they relate to private payers. More
