HCFO News

Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT

Overview: With the proliferation of narrow network plans on the new marketplaces, consumers are being steered to plans that offer lower prices but limited choice. Insurers may offer narrow network plans to attract price-sensitive consumers who are willing to tradeoff network breadth for less costly premiums. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests that the resulting provider networks may be narrower than expected, leaving consumers vulnerable to the financial burden of out-of-network care.

As a wise Greek philosopher once noted, the only thing constant is change. One exciting change for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the movement towards building a Culture of Health in America, with a new emphasis on investments that promote health beyond the medical system to places where people live, learn, work, and play. While this means we will wind down the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program, the contributions of HCFO-funded research will certainly endure.

Overview: This webinar was presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative.

We are looking forward to seeing past and current HCFO grantees at AcademyHealth’s 2014 Annual Research Meeting (ARM), June 8-10 in San Diego. A schedule of the sessions featuring current and former grantees is listed below.

Sunday, June 8

The past year saw significant changes in the health care system as implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continued and marketplaces evolved.  For policymakers and health care leaders trying to make decisions in the midst of this changing environment, the critical need for evidence remained a constant.