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Health Care News and Policy Links

NBCH Health Policy Updates
Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute: Updates from the Field
Press and Reports
Health Care Policy Websites
Health Care News Feed

 

NBCH Health Policy Updates

March 2, 2012

February 9, 2012

February 1, 2012

January 9, 2012


Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute: Updates from the Field

May 11, 2012

May 4, 2012

April 27, 2012

April 20, 2012

April 6, 2012

March 30, 2012

March 23, 2012

 

 


Press and Reports

2/21/12 NBCH Webinar Series on Employer Health Asset Management Road Map: Find out more about the Webinar Series and Line-up here

2/4/12 Shopping Around for Surgery, The Economist

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.

 

Health Care Policy Websites

Minnesota Health Reform Site

Reuters Health News

Kaiser Foundation

Gary Schwitzer’s Health News Blog

Health Care Daily Topix

Health Care 411
The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Healthcare 411 audio news source provides practical health care information, research findings, and data to help consumers, health providers, health insurers, researchers, and policymakers make informed decisions about health care issues.

 

Health Care News Feed

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    • How Piramal Healthcare is trying to build an entire business around ... - Economic Times May 17, 2012
      New York Times (blog)How Piramal Healthcare is trying to build an entire business around ...Economic TimesIt's the nineties show again at Piramal Healthcare. The 17000 crore that Ajay Piramal earned for the company in September 2010 by selling its drug-formulations business was built on acquisitions big and small. He is now deploying that cash pile and, […]
    • Healthcare Business News Insurance exchanges could mean savings for some ... - ModernHealthcare.com May 16, 2012
      BloombergHealthcare Business News Insurance exchanges could mean savings for some ...ModernHealthcare.comBy Rich Daly People who purchase health insurance policies on the individual market may save an average of $280 annually under the healthcare overhaul's coming insurance exchanges, according to projections by a federal researcher.More states work to […]
    • Healthcare Business News Probe into White House, PhRMA dealings on reform law ... - ModernHealthcare.com May 16, 2012
      Healthcare Business News Probe into White House, PhRMA dealings on reform law ...ModernHealthcare.comBy Jessica Zigmond An ongoing federal probe indicates there was a deal between the White House and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America that bound both entities to certain commitments before Congress passed the healthcare reform law ...and […]
    • Health Happens in the Workplace: Employee Wellness Program to Improve Lives ... - Huffington Post (blog) May 16, 2012
      Financial PostHealth Happens in the Workplace: Employee Wellness Program to Improve Lives ...Huffington Post (blog)The state of California has embarked on an innovative new workplace wellness pilot program with the goal to improve the overall health of state employees while at the same time reducing the cost of health care, ultimately saving California taxpa […]
    • Tommy G. Thompson, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Joins ... - MarketWatch (press release) May 16, 2012
      Tommy G. Thompson, Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Joins ...MarketWatch (press release)At the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and at Akin Gump, Secretary Thompson built on his efforts at HHS to develop solutions to the health care challenges facing American families, businesses, communities, states and the nation as a whole.and more  […]

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