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HCFO - RWJF Releases http://www.hcfo.org/taxonomy/term/7/0 en RWJF Content Alert - Geographic Variations in Health Care http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-geographic-variations-health-care <p>Geographic Variations in Health Care</p> <p><strong>Articles in <em>New England Journal of Medicine </em>Look at Regional Differences in Health Care Spending</strong></p> <p>Two articles published today in the New England Journal of Medicine take in-depth looks at how medical practices and spending differ in different geographic areas.</p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-geographic-variations-health-care">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Thu, 13 May 2010 12:41:54 +0000 bonnie.austin 1554 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert - Designing Insurance for Value http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-designing-insurance-value <p><strong>New Paper in the American Journal of Managed Care Explores Value-Based Insurance Design</strong></p> <p>Value-based insurance design (VBID) has attracted favorable attention from policymakers, academics and the media since it was proposed almost a decade ago. VBID, at a fundamental level, is the practice of tailoring health insurance programs to encourage high-value health care services while at the same time discouraging low-value care.</p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-designing-insurance-value">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:06:05 +0000 bonnie.austin 1533 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert -- Care Management: Cutting Costs, Not Corners http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-care-management-cutting-costs-not-corners <p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-care-management-cutting-costs-not-corners">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:30:48 +0000 christina.zimmerman 1911 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert -- Value-Based: A Value Add? http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-value-based-value-add <p><a href="http://www.rwjf.org/coverage/product.jsp?id=74372&cid=XEM_A6010" target="_blank">Report Finds VBID Programs Lead to Better Medication Adherence Among Patients<br /> </a></p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-value-based-value-add">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Thu, 31 May 2012 21:16:42 +0000 christina.zimmerman 1905 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert--The Unintended Consequences of Paying for Performance http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-unintended-consequences-paying-performance <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/product.jsp?id=74012&cid=XEM_A5732">Paper Finds That Pay-for-Performance Programs May Have Unintended Effects on Racial and Ethnic Disparities</a></p> <p>Abstract</p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-unintended-consequences-paying-performance">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:17:53 +0000 Sarah.Katz 1879 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert--Examining High-Deductible Health Plans http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-examining-high-deductible-health-plans <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rwjf.org/coverage/product.jsp?id=73885&cid=XEM_910232">Those Enrolled in High-Deductible Plans are More Likely to Delay or Forgo Health Care</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-examining-high-deductible-health-plans">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:14:47 +0000 Sarah.Katz 1870 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert--A Closer Look at Disparities in Health Care http://www.hcfo.org/news/closer-look-disparities-health-care <p>October Issue of Health Affairs Features Studies Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Examining Causes, Consequences of Health Disparities</p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/closer-look-disparities-health-care">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:38:18 +0000 Sarah.Katz 1835 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert--Health Affairs Full of RWJF-Funded Research on Key Health Topics http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-health-affairs-full-rwjf-funded-research-key-health-topics <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=72815&cid=XEM_1915001">September Issue Features Research from a Variety of RWJF Grantees</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-health-affairs-full-rwjf-funded-research-key-health-topics">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:00:18 +0000 Sarah.Katz 1820 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert--Driving Down the Price Up North http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-driving-down-price-north <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rwjf.org/coverage/product.jsp?id=72648&cid=XEM_910232">Report Finds U.S. Doctors Spend Four Times as Much Money as Canadian Doctors Interacting with Payers</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-driving-down-price-north">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Tue, 09 Aug 2011 22:11:56 +0000 Sarah.Katz 1803 at http://www.hcfo.org RWJF Content Alert--Ambulance Diversion Increases Deaths http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-ambulance-diversion-increases-deaths <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rwjf.org/coverage/product.jsp?id=72463&cid=XEM_910232">Study Shows Increased Mortality for AMI Patients When Local Emergency Department is on Diversion</a></p><p><a href="http://www.hcfo.org/news/rwjf-content-alert-ambulance-diversion-increases-deaths">read more</a></p> RWJF Releases Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:11:36 +0000 Sarah.Katz 1783 at http://www.hcfo.org