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Detroit: Motor City to Medical Mecca?
Aug. 26, 2010
Despite a weak economic outlook, Detroit area hospital systems plan to spend more than $1.3 billion in the coming years on capital improvements, leading some to hope that medical care can help revitalize the area’s economy, according to a new Community Report released today by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) and the nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR).
News Release
Employer Wellness Initiatives Grow Rapidly, but Effectiveness Varies Widely
July 29, 2010
While employer wellness programs have spread rapidly in recent years, few firms implement comprehensive programs likely to make a meaningful difference in employees’ health, according to a new study conducted by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) for the nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR).
News Release
Health Coverage for the High-Risk
Uninsured: Policy Options for Design of the Temporary High-Risk
Pool
May 27, 2010
While 5.6-million to 7-million Americans may qualify for health
coverage through the new temporary national high-risk pool program,
the $5 billion allocated until 2014 will cover only a small fraction
of those in need, according to a new Policy Analysis from the
National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR). Policy makers
will face hard choices to stretch the funding to cover uninsured
people with pre-existing medical conditions, and the analysis
reviews key issues that must be resolved as the high-risk program
is implemented.
News Release
Episode-Based Payments: Charting a Course for Health Care Payment Reform
Jan. 14, 2010
As consensus grows that true reform of the U.S. health care system requires a move away from fee-for-service payments, designing alternative payment methods, including episode-based payments, has emerged as a high priority for policy makers.
Media
Advisory
Center for Studying Health System
Change (HSC) President Paul B. Ginsburg Named Research Director
of the National Institute for Health Care Reform
Union-Automaker-Backed Institute Will Fund Health
Policy Research and Analyses
December 10, 2009
HSC President Paul B. Ginsburg will serve as research director
of the nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute for Health Care
Reform—an initiative of the International Union, UAW; Chrysler
Group LLC; Ford Motor Company; and General Motors to conduct high-quality,
objective health policy research and analyses to improve the organization,
financing and delivery of U.S. health care.
News Release
Fact Sheet: The National Institute for Health Care Reform
December 2009
Fact Sheet
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