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Posts: Health Care Policy
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Posted by SLHI S. on May 15th, 2007 8:31am
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| Governor Napolitano has stated the goal of increasing the number of children with health insurance coverage by dialing up public outreach efforts. But which efforts are most effective?
Children's Health Insurance Outreach: What Works? is a quick-read paper that summarizes what we found from... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on May 15th, 2007 5:29am
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| The world now has more people who are overweight than hungry, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute . As work becomes more sedentary, the work force is becoming fatter, sicker and less productive due to chronic conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on May 15th, 2007 5:28am
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| Most everyone knows about Wikipedia, the vast online encyclopedia of knowledge created by an open community of users that some believe is destined to replace traditional encyclopedias like Britannica. Fewer people know about AskDrWiki , or the 30 or so other medical wikis that have popped up... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on May 15th, 2007 5:25am
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| Among all state projections for prevalence of arthritis by 2030. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), arthritis cases in Arizona will rise 87% by 2030, or over one million people. Nevada isn’t far behind (82%), followed by Florida (68%) and Texas (48%). An aging... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on May 15th, 2007 5:23am
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| For those of you who still think nonprofit health care isn’t a “business” in the traditional sense, consider the remarks of Dan Delay, a senior VP of Supply Chain Analytics with VHA, a consortium of nonprofit hospitals. Delay says that if you want your “superstar doctors” – the ones who are... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on May 15th, 2007 5:15am
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| Collaborate to Compete: A Prescription for Value-Based Health Care in Arizona , was recently released and is available in hard copy from SLHI or for download on our website (PDF) . We investigate the complex and often contentious subject of health care quality, provide lessons learned in the... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Apr 12th, 2007 12:59am
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| Highly charged language and imagery related to health insurance coverage are flying at increasing speed and frequency through the media. A Harvard Medical School researcher, for one , challenges the wisdom of high deductible health plans with the observation, “High deductible plans punish women... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Apr 12th, 2007 12:52am
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| On most Sundays I visit my friend, Dave, who is tethered to a large tank of oxygen in his home as a result of being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. Doctors give him one year to live. Bad luck runs in streaks, it seems. Dave’s diagnosis came on the heels of triple bypass surgery. In the... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Apr 12th, 2007 12:48am
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| Administrative costs associated with health care claims and billing account for nearly one-third of health care costs, according to a recent survey of hospital and insurance companies . Conversely, over 75 percent of consumers think health care administrative costs should average 10 percent or... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Apr 12th, 2007 12:45am
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Collaborate to Compete: A Prescription for Value-Based Health Care in Arizona , an Arizona Health Futures issue brief, has just been posted to our website and will be available in hard copy in another week or two. If you’re going to the Arizona Town Hall on health care next week, download the... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Mar 14th, 2007 8:58am
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| Speaking of cutting, let us count the ways we can cut Medicare costs: According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), we could equalize payments to Medicare Advantage plans and fee-for-service (saves $64.8B); increase beneficiary payments for Part B ($42.2B); trim the scope of Medigap... |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Mar 14th, 2007 8:26am
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| Piercing the Fog of Quality: A Prescription for Value-Based Health Care in Arizona , an Arizona Health Futures issue brief, is in production and will hit the streets in April. This is our take on where we think Arizona health care needs to be headed. |
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Posted by SLHI S. on Mar 14th, 2007 8:22am
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| The Tie That Binds: Graduate Medical Education in Arizona, is SLHI’s latest policy primer. It is on the street now and also available on our web site. Arizona receives a 9:1 return on its GME investment, not to mention creating more opportunities to attract and retain physicians in the state.... |
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