Grantees in the News

AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange Cites Findings from HCFO-funded Study on Fair Hospital Pricing [6]

Publication Date:

May 22, 2014

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) recent Health Care Innovations Exchange issue examined policies to move towards affordable care and reduce price variability. One of the policy innovation profiles [7] analyzed California’s Hospital Fair Pricing Act, which was passed by the California Legislature in 2006 and limited hospitals’ bill collection practices and the amount they can collect from low- and moderate-income uninsured and underinsured patients.

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Legal and Regulatory Environment [8]

Vulnerable Populations [9]

The Incidental Economist Cites Findings from HCFO-Funded Study on the Value of VBID [10]

Publication Date:

May 16, 2014

Austin Frakt with The Incidental Economist and the AcademyHealth blog [11] featured findings from a HCFO-funded study [12]led by Matthew Maciejewski, Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University.

Topic:

Benefit Design [13]

Chronic Care [14]

Prescription Drugs [17]

HCFO Researcher Quoted in New York Times Article on Federal Value-based Payment Policy [18]

Publication Date:

May 7, 2014

A New York Times [19] article on federal value-based payment policies quoted HCFO-funded researcher Andrew Ryan, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College, regarding whether to adjust for patient socioeconomic status in value-based payment schemes so as to avoid unfairly penalizing the safety net.

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Acute Care [20]

Disparities [21]

Medicare [22]

Vulnerable Populations [9]

Kaiser Health News Cites Findings from HCFO-funded Study on Choosing Wisely [23]

Publication Date:

April 14, 2014

Kaiser Health News, in collaboration with the Chicago Tribune, featured a story [24]on the Choosing Wisely [25] lists of test and treatments, in particular that doctors may have overlooked services that impacted their respective incomes.

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HCFO Grantee Featured in NEJM Perspective Roundtable on Low-Value Care [26]

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April 3, 2014

HCFO grantee Carrie Colla, Ph.D., Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel Medical School, was featured in a New England Journal of Medicine Perspective Roundtable [27] on low-value care, moderated by Atul Gawande, M.D.

Topic:

Consumer Behavior [28]

National Pharmaceutical Council Features Findings from HCFO Study on VBID and Medication Adherence [29]

Publication Date:

March 27, 2014

The National Pharmaceutical Council [30]eNewsletter featured findings from a HCFO-funded study [31] led by Niteesh K. Choudhry, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Topic:

Benefit Design [13]

Consumer Behavior [28]

Prescription Drugs [17]

HCFO Researcher Quoted in Wall Street Journal on Retail Clinics and Care Continuity [32]

Publication Date:

February 24, 2014

In an article [33]describing the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) concerns about retail clinics providing primary care, the Wall Street Journal quoted HCFO grantee Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., Harvard Medical School. Mehrotra noted that patients cite the convenience of retail clinics as having significant appeal.

Topic:

Access [34]

Acute Care [20]

Consumer Behavior [28]

Coordination of Care [35]

Former HCFO Grantee Appointed to Joint Commission Board of Commissioners [36]

Publication Date:

February 18, 2014

Topic:

Health Information Technology [37]

Legal and Regulatory Environment [8]

Wall Street Journal Features HCFO-Funded Study on Effective VBID Plan Elements [38]

Publication Date:

February 13, 2014

The Wall Street Journal [39] highlighted findings from a HCFO-funded study [31]that examined the features of value-based insurance design (VBID) plans and their impact on medication adherence. In the study, grantee Niteesh K.

Topic:

Benefit Design [13]