With COVID-19 cases still high and the Biden-Harris administration newly in place, it has never been more important to acknowledge and address racial disparities that are being exacerbated by the pandemic. In a series of blogs and interviews, Kaiser Permanente…
As the pandemic surges and the nation prepares for a new administration, it has never been more important to acknowledge and address racial disparities that are being exacerbated by COVID-19. In a series of blogs and interviews, Kaiser Permanente leaders…
As drug prices continue rising unsustainably in the United States, patients and payers need to understand — and policy makers need to address — how pharmaceutical companies use patents to maintain monopolies and pricing power. Patents serve as important catalysts…
Patents are in the news as Congress considers legislation to address patent abuses and anticompetitive behavior by the pharmaceutical industry. If you’re tuning into these issues for the first time (or even the second or third) you’ll notice that there…
The challenges facing the mental health workforce are nothing new, but the urgency to address these challenges is growing. That was made evident during the Institute for Health Policy’s 2017 forum, Advancing Mental Health and Wellness, during which journalist and…
Conference season is upon us, and this year we welcomed a new kid on the block: the “National Forum on Hospitals, Health Systems and Population Health: Partnerships to Build a Culture of Health,” sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation…
If you ask healthcare leaders what they think about Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), you won’t be short on answers. From high hopes to cautious optimism to worry and skepticism, the full gamut of feelings is there. The amount of buzz…
Accountable Care Organizations hold great promise in improving quality and reducing costs of health care. But little is known about the organizational structure of current ACOs, and what factors will lead to their success. In this interview, Elliott Fisher of…
Efforts to develop Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) have been gaining steam in the past year, following provisions in the Affordable Care Act that established the Medicare Shared Savings and Pioneer ACO programs. Because ACOs are a relatively new concept in…
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