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2/10/12 Update from the Field, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute
2/3/12 Update from the Field, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute
1/25/12 Hospitals Make Progress in Eliminating Early Elective Deliveries: Good News, But More Work Needs to Be Done, The Leapfrog Group
1/12/12 Leading Employer Group Releases Model Contract to Help Employers Spur Health Plans to Reform Payment, Catalyst for Payment Reform
Active Purchasing for Health Care Exchanges
Paper funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and authored by researchers at Georgetown University, detailing options states may consider in forming health insurance exchanges.
Talking with Physicians about Improving Payment and Reimbursement
RWJF report detailing research conducted to develop and test simple messages that will help local Aligning Forces for Quality leaders begin discussions about payment and delivery reforms with physicians in their community.
Talking about Health Care Reform with U.S. Consumers
RWJF report detailing research conducted to develop and test simple messages that explain the concepts of payment and delivery reform to consumers in ways they understand and support.
Gary Schwitzer’s Health News Blog