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Student Perspective

It’s a Rotten Apple for NY’s Small Businesses: A look at health care regulations that uniquely contribute to high health insurance costs in NY
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Posted By Errol Pierre

Want to start a small business and help our staggering economy? Think twice about NY. Studies continue to show that affordable health coverage is the top concern for small businesses in this state. Contrary to popular belief health insurance profits and administrative costs barely contribute to the rising cost of coverage representing only 6% of total health spending. Despite this reality, this is exactly where policy makers have focused their time and energy with a desire to rein in costs. Profit margin in the NY small business insurance market is…Continue reading →

Faculty Perspective

On Ineffective Governance
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Posted by Tony Kovner

I recently finished teaching my seven-week MPA course in non-profit governance and came up with three recommendations as to “the main thing” in improving health care organization governance:

- Get the board to admit “we have a governance problem.”

- Appoint a team to investigate this leadership challenge and make recommendations for improving the governance process.

- Get a commitment in advance from the full board to implement the team’s recommendations

Also, the board chair and the CEO should agree that one of the areas the CEO should be accountable for is “empowering the board.”

Suggested…Continue reading →

Alumni in the Field

What’s Trending in Global Health
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Posted by Debbie Koh

Trends are a part of our lives. Fashion, YouTube videos, Twitter hashtags – they all come and go. International health and development is not immune to these cycles either. On January 30, Bill Gates announced the commitment of pharmaceutical companies, public and private donors in the “London Declaration” to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2020. This overdue focus certainly should be celebrated – you know it’s bad if the fact that nobody pays attention to this group of diseases has been worked into their name.

Two days later, the New York…Continue reading →

Faculty in the Field

Five Cost-Cutting Health Care Trends to Watch
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Posted by Joel Wittman

With health care reform requiring close scrutiny of financial performance, hospital and health systems are closely examining ways to reduce spending.  Following is one person’s thoughts about how fiscal responsibility can be achieved:

1. Mergers and Consolidations

Mergers and acquisitions in the health care sector are at an all-time high in terms of dollar value.  Hospitals and physicians are no doubt integrating and other providers are combining and coordinating care delivery models in response to the current and expected changes resulting from health care reform.  There are experiments…Continue reading →

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