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New Publications
November 2009
In Focus Brief: Sustainable Food
Procurement and
Agriculture Policy:
Making the Case for
Health Sector
Engagement
In Focus Brief: A Health Sector Guide
to Food System and
Agricultural Policy
Both In Focus Brief's based on Harvie J, Mikkelsen L, Shak L., “A New Healthcare Prevention Agenda?: Sustainable Food Procurement and Agricultural Policy,” a commissioned background paper for the Food Systems and Public Health Conference, Airlie Center, Warrenton, VA, April, 2009.
November 2009
How Can Medicare Lead Delivery System Reform?
Francis J. Crosson, MD, Stuart Guterman, Nancy Taylor, MBA, Rashell Young, MBA, MPH, and Laura Tollen, MPH, The Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief
October 2009
21st-Century Health Care - The Case for Integrated Delivery Systems
Francis J. Crosson, MD, New England Journal of Medicine
Announcements
October 2009
Dawn Dowding Joins KP as a Commonwelath Harkness Fellow
October 2009
2009 Kaiser Permanente Health Policy Journalism Fellows Announced
August 2009
Kaiser Permanente Among Leading National Foundations and Health Care Organizations Making Unprecedented Call for Investment in Prevention
July 2009
Jamie Ferguson Becomes Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy Fellow
Events
June 29, 2009
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Session Q: Quality & Efficiency: Measurement #2
Session
Chaired by Murray Ross
March 27, 2009
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy was proud to be a sponsor of the Alliance for Health Reform Briefing: "Reforming the Health Care Delivery System: A Team Approach"
Health Care Reform Now
Presentation by George Halvorson
Video
Slides
Collaborative Cardiac Care Service: Teams + Technology = Quality
Presentation by Susan Kuca and Jon Rasmussen
Video - Kuca
Video - Rasmussen
Slides
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Brief commentaries on select health policy actions, publications, and conferences/meetings.
November 10, 2009
New Study Reveals Greater Complexity Among Medicaid’s High-Cost Patients
While the aged, blind and disabled are only 25 percent of the 60 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid, their care consumes the majority of Medicaid expenditures. To understand this population better, the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS), with support from Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit department and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has worked with investigators at the University of California-San Diego to determine patterns of co-morbidity among fee-for-service Medicaid beneficiaries. (more)
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