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Using Primary Care To Bend The Cost Curve: The Potential Impact Of Health Center Expansion In Senate Reforms, Leighton C. Ku, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin
Using Primary Care To Bend The Cost Curve: The Potential Impact Of Health Center Expansion In Senate Reforms, Leighton C. Ku, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Peter Shin
Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative
This analysis of reforms being considered in the United States Senate reaches conclusions similar to those of our prior analyses of reforms being considered in the House of Representatives. The combination of expanded health insurance coverage and investments in the expansion of community health centers can produce substantial long-term savings both for the overall health care system and for the federal government. Our analysis of the Senate provisions from the HELP and Finance Committees estimates $369 billion in total medical savings, including $105 billion in federal Medicaid savings. The Senate provisions produce larger savings because they authorize larger funding increases …
Antitrust Aspects Of Health Information Sharing By Public And Private Health Insurers, Taylor Burke, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Erica Pereira, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Antitrust Aspects Of Health Information Sharing By Public And Private Health Insurers, Taylor Burke, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Erica Pereira, Sara J. Rosenbaum
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
This policy brief is the first of two to address antitrust considerations that arise in health system transformation aimed at producing greater clinical integration and greater levels of information about the quality and cost of care. The second policy brief will discuss the implications of several recent Federal Trade Commission rulings on physician joint contracting to achieve clinical integration and greater health information accountability. These rulings have significant implications for growing efforts, as part of health reform, to create entities known as accountable care organizations.
Children’S Health Care: Health Information Technology And Electronic Health Records, David M. Stevens
Children’S Health Care: Health Information Technology And Electronic Health Records, David M. Stevens
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
The panel addressed: Why pediatric electronic health records are different from adult EHRs; How HIT/EHRs can be helpful in the area of prevention with pediatric populations; How using HIT/EHRs can help improve quality and outcome measures for children and underserved communities; Barriers to getting HIT/EHRs into underserved communities and ways to overcome these challenges; Opportunities for stimulus funds to support HIT access for underserved pediatric populations; and Privacy and confidetiality concerns regarding pediatric EHRs.
An Overview Of Major Health Information Technology, Public Health, Medicaid, And Cobra Provisions Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Melissa M. Goldstein, Taylor Burke, Phyllis Borzi, Lara Cartwright-Smith
An Overview Of Major Health Information Technology, Public Health, Medicaid, And Cobra Provisions Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Melissa M. Goldstein, Taylor Burke, Phyllis Borzi, Lara Cartwright-Smith
Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications
A detailed side-by-side analysis of the individual components of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), signed into law on February 17, 2009. One of the most sweeping pieces of economic legislation ever enacted, ARRA not only provides hundreds of billions of dollars in new health and health care spending but also makes comprehensive reforms in health law and policy, particularly in the area of health information law, including health information technology (HIT) adoption and health information privacy.
An Overview Of Major Health Provisions Contained In The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Taylor Burke, Phyllis Borzi, Melissa M. Goldstein
An Overview Of Major Health Provisions Contained In The American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Sara J. Rosenbaum, Lara Cartwright-Smith, Taylor Burke, Phyllis Borzi, Melissa M. Goldstein
Health Policy and Management Issue Briefs
On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) into law. One of the most sweeping pieces of economic legislation ever enacted, ARRA not only provides hundreds of billions of dollars in new health and health care spending but also makes comprehensive reforms in health law and policy, particularly in the area of health information law, including health information technology (HIT) adoption and health information privacy.