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Publication
January 2023 January Angeles,
More and more states are building the infrastructure needed to gain transparency into statewide health care spending through cost growth target programs. Now, a new playbook explains how all states can move toward sustainable health care cost growth. More
Blog Post
January 2023 Keanan Lane, Rachel Block,
To help any state move toward evidence-based solutions, the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs has developed a cost growth target playbook. More
Event
January 2023
Join a one-hour webinar on Wednesday, January 19, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET, about a forthcoming Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs playbook for implementing a health care cost growth target. More
News Article
November 2022 Mary Louise Gilburg,
Concerns about the affordability of health care have been increasing over time and will be exacerbated in the short run by high rates of inflation… More
October 2022
See the The Massachusetts Health Care Cost Growth Benchmark and Accountability Mechanisms landing page to review all related… More
Supported by the Peterson Center on Healthcare and Gates Ventures, this study (1) examined the influence of the benchmark and the HPC’s accountability mechanisms on the motivation and actions by state agencies, payers, and providers to control health care cost growth, and (2) identified lessons and considerations about the design and use of accountability tools for other states implementing similar initiatives. More
September 2022 Christopher F. Koller,
When I worked at a Medicaid managed care plan, I used to meet with cohorts of medical students to give them a glimpse of the dark underbelly of health… More
September 2022
The rising cost of health care is burdening household, employer, and state budgets. For states, growing health care spending makes it harder to… More
August 2022 Christopher F. Koller,
Getting a driver’s license is a rite of passage for many kids in the US. The little card brings freedom — to bomb around with friends — and… More
July 2022 Rachel Block,
Addressing health care cost growth requires a systemic view of our health system and its performance. However, gaps in health care spending data and… More
