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February 2017 Gary Young,
In the last few years, hospitals have had to respond to changes in the health care environment. Some of the challenges they’ve faced involve… More
August 2016 Christian Heiss, Stephen A. Somers, Mark Larson,
State policymakers continue to look for ways to improve responses for people with behavioral health and substance abuse conditions. The challenges to… More
February 2016 Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH, Lisabeth Buelt, MPH, Kavita Patel, Len M. Nichols, PhD, MS, MA,
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) has released a new evidence report that looks at the effectiveness of the patient-centered… More
December 2015
State agencies focused on health policy and regional health improvement collaboratives ought to be able to align their agendas. They both share a… More
October 2015 Ann Hollingshead, Jaime King, Brent D. Fulton, Joshua Rushakoff, Richard M. Scheffler,
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), originally developed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), are growing—and serve both public and private… More
March 2015 Maia Crawford, Tricia McGinnis, John Auerbach, Kristin Golden,
There is growing recognition among state policymakers that improving health outcomes is as much about addressing the social determinants of poor… More
February 2015 Kristof Stremikis,
Arkansas, Minnesota, Oregon, and Vermont are at the forefront of state efforts to coordinate value-based payment approaches across multiple public and… More
January 2015 Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH, Amy Gibson, Lisabeth Buelt, MPH, Paul Grundy, Kevin Grumbach,
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) has released its annual report, published with support from the Milbank Memorial Fund. This… More
December 2014 Rebecca Paradis, Erin Bartolini,
All Payer Claims Databases (APCD) across the country are providing unprecedented research and policy opportunities to improve health care delivery,… More
July 2014 Tricia McGinnis, Jessica Newman,
Collaboration across health care payers and providers? It’s easy to preach—and hard to do. Where do you start? How do you build consensus? How do… More