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Building a Health Exchange Strategy – Part III
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Understanding Your Operational Readiness – Step 1
Posted by Errol Pierre

In Part I of Building a Health Exchange Strategy the discussion centered on how payers will have to be more consumer centric in their approaches to delivering health care. Part II focused on being aware of the political climate and how that will impact strategic decisions on whether to enter a Health Exchange market and upon entrance how to operate within one. Both dynamics, though critical, outlined external factors. Part III dives into internal factors; particularly around operational readiness.

It is clearly recognized that…Continue reading →

Faculty Perspective

Hospital Pay-for-Performance [P4P] for NYC’s Public Hospitals
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Posted by: Jan Blustein

According to a recent press release New York City’s public hospitals will begin to pay its MDs for meeting targets relating to health care quality and efficiency.  The targets are quite varied, and include enhanced coordination of care, reductions in readmissions, decreases in ER wait times, and reductions in length-of-stay.

Using pay-for-performance to improve hospital care is not new.  The concept has been used by private insurers and some state Medicaid programs, and the Medicare program has long had a national demonstration project on hospital P4P.  Last year hospital P4P…Continue reading →

Alumni in the Field

Big Pharma and Global Health
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The increasing importance of the pharmaceutical industry in global health and development

Posted by Debbie Koh

Take a moment to think about the last time you bought some medication. Maybe you went to your local Duane Reade/CVS/RiteAid to pick up an over-the-counter drug. You might have debated over a brand name versus a generic, or what was covered by your insurance, but the whole process probably didn’t cause you too much anxiety. You probably don’t stop to think if your provider was able to prescribe that medication in the first place, if it was stored properly,…Continue reading →

Faculty in the Field

What’s Going On With Health Care Costs?
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Posted by Joel Wittman

Egads!  Is it truly possible?  Has the increase in health care costs been at its lowest in almost four decades?  And this in spite of the Baby Boomer generation fast approaching retirement age?  What could account for such a phenomenon and is it sustainable?  All relevant questions that have health care experts scratching their heads in search of answers and have politicians scrambling to enact programs to further the slow down in the increase in health care costs.  But, perhaps inaction at this time is the appropriate response.  Can we afford…Continue reading →

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