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CBO Reports Medicare’s Demonstration Project Results
The Congressional Budget Office’s issue brief, Lessons from Medicare’s Demonstration Projects on Disease Management, Care Coordination, and Value-Based Payment, provides details on the outcome of 10 major Medicare demonstrations following independent researcher evaluation. Demonstrations were conducted [...]
Health Coverage Expansion: Implications of ACA for American Indians and Alaskan Natives
As part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Medicaid coverage could be expanded to cover nearly 400,000 currently uninsured American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). This population, particularly sensitive to health disparities, suffers from elevated disease [...]
National Advisory Council Subcommittee Identifies Core Set of Health Quality Measures for Medicaid-eligible Adults
The AHRQ released its background report, National Advisory Council Subcommittee: Identifying Health Care Quality Measures for Medicaid-Eligible Adults. Required by the Affordable Care Act, this report identified a recommended core set of quality measures for Medicaid-eligible [...]
Medicaid: Recommendations for Strengthening Medicaid Program Integrity
Federal and state Medicaid spending currently exceeds $460 billion and, with this, accountability is necessary on all levels. To ensure Medicaid program integrity: Consistent incentives must be offered for better health outcomes. Services must be used [...]
Electronic Prescribing: Benefits and Challenges of E-Prescribing
A study funded by AHRQ and published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Transmitting and processing electronic prescriptions: Experiences of physician practices and pharmacies, identifies both the benefits and challenges with electronic prescribing [...]
HHS Reports That Only 14 Percent of Patient Harm Events Experienced by Medicare Beneficiaries Are Captured
A study conducted by the HHS Office of Inspector General, Hospital Incident Reporting Systems Do Not Capture Most Patient Harm, analyzed the ways in which hospitals use incident reporting systems and incident reports to determine how [...]
Lack of Price Transparency Could Limit Hospitals’ Ability to Secure Favorable Pricing for Implantable Medical Devices
Policymakers expressed concern about the lack in price transparency for implantable medical devices (IMD), with confidentiality clauses in purchasing agreements frequently restricting the release of third-party prices. Because this lack of transparency could drive up hospital [...]
Hospital Community Benefits under the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities for Community Health Improvement
In February 2012, The Hospital Community Benefit Program, established by the Hilltop Institute at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), published the third issue brief in a series, Hospital Community Benefits after the ACA: Partnerships [...]
PCORI Identifies Five National Priorities for Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has published its first set of proposed national priorities for research, Draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda Version 1. This 22-page publication highlights five focus areas for use [...]
Hospitalizations for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders: Costs, Length of Stay, Patient Mix, and Payor Mix
New data from AHRQ highlight inpatient hospitalizations for mental health and substance abuse disorders, including costs, length of stay, and payor mix. Overall, the AHRQ statistics show interesting differences between inpatient stays for mental health, substance [...]
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