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Wall street comes to Washington. 华尔街来到华盛顿。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-08-01
{"title":"Wall street comes to Washington.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While health care cost trends likely will continue slowing through the end of 2004, the longer-term outlook for a sustained slowdown in underlying costs and private health insurance premiums largely depends on the strength of the economy, according to market and health policy experts at the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) ninth annual Wall Street roundtable. Even as cost growth slows, insurers are practicing pricing discipline to keep premium trends ahead of cost trends to maintain profitability. Employers will continue to shift costs to workers through higher deductibles, copayments and coinsurance, but an improving economy could temper this trend as labor markets tighten. Employers remain skeptical of new health insurance products, including tiered-provider networks and consumer-driven health plans. Although growth in hospital use has slowed, the industry remains in the throes of a building boom. Increased payments to managed care plans could reinvigorate private plan participation in Medicare, but concerns about the federal budget deficit could prompt Congress to roll back rate increases.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 87","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24697628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Rhetoric vs. reality: employer views on consumer-driven health care. 修辞与现实:雇主对消费者驱动的医疗保健的看法。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-07-01
Sally Trude, Leslie Conwell
{"title":"Rhetoric vs. reality: employer views on consumer-driven health care.","authors":"Sally Trude,&nbsp;Leslie Conwell","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Because of rising premiums, employers are investigating new health insurance approaches that maintain workers' broad choice of providers while raising awareness of health care costs through increased patient financial responsibility. Employers' knowledge of new health plan products, including consumer-driven health plans and tiered-provider networks, has grown considerably in recent years, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visit to 12 nationally representative communities. But employers are concerned that consumer-driven health plans would take considerable effort to implement without much cost savings. They also are skeptical that tiered-provider networks can adequately capture both cost and quality information in a way that is understandable to patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 86","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40878758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Health care access for low-income people: significant safety net gaps remain. 低收入人群获得医疗保健的机会:仍然存在巨大的安全网差距。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-06-01
Laurie E Felland, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Megan McHugh
{"title":"Health care access for low-income people: significant safety net gaps remain.","authors":"Laurie E Felland,&nbsp;Suzanne Felt-Lisk,&nbsp;Megan McHugh","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite signs that low-income and uninsured people's access to primary health care services has improved, serious gaps in care exist, especially for specialty physician, mental health and dental care, according to the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities. Key factors contributing to these gaps in the safety net include declining private physician and dentist involvement, changes in funding and facilities, and more people in need. Community leaders have developed a variety of innovative strategies to add specialty, mental health and dental services but could benefit from more support from state and federal policy makers.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 84","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24585002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tough trade-offs: medical bills, family finances and access to care. 艰难的权衡:医疗费用、家庭财务和获得护理的机会。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-06-01
Jessica H May, Peter J Cunningham
{"title":"Tough trade-offs: medical bills, family finances and access to care.","authors":"Jessica H May,&nbsp;Peter J Cunningham","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>About 20 million American families-representing 43 million people-reported problems paying medical bills in 2003, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). While uninsured families are more likely to have medical bill problems, two-thirds of families with problems paying medical bills have health insurance coverage. Of all families with medical bill problems, almost two-thirds reported difficulty paying for other basic necessities-rent, mortgage payments, transportation or food-as a result of medical debt. People in families with medical bill problems also reported much greater trouble getting care because of cost concerns-one in three did not get a prescription drug, one in four delayed care and one in eight went without needed care.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 85","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24619949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Paying for quality: health plans try carrots instead of sticks. 为质量买单:健康计划尝试胡萝卜而不是大棒。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-05-01
Bradley C Strunk, Robert E Hurley
{"title":"Paying for quality: health plans try carrots instead of sticks.","authors":"Bradley C Strunk,&nbsp;Robert E Hurley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Growing national attention to improving quality and patient safety is spurring development of quality-based financial incentives for physicians and hospitals. Health plans in particular are driving these pay-for-performance initiatives, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities. For now, there is little standardization across plans in how quality improvement is measured, and incentive payments typically are modest in comparison with providers' total revenue. Nevertheless, today's nascent efforts can provide a foundation on which to build. Support from major plans and public and private purchasers, sufficiently large financial incentives properly aligned with base provider payment systems, and improvements in quality measurement can all help foster widespread provider acceptance and, ultimately, improvements in health care quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 82","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24526354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Employers shift rising health care costs to workers: no long-term solution in sight. 雇主将不断上涨的医疗成本转嫁给员工:短期内没有长期解决方案。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-05-01
Lydia E Regopoulos, Sally Trude
{"title":"Employers shift rising health care costs to workers: no long-term solution in sight.","authors":"Lydia E Regopoulos,&nbsp;Sally Trude","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite concerns that an economic downturn would prompt employers to rein in rapidly rising health insurance premiums by radically reducing benefits, few have made dramatic benefit changes, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities. Key employer changes focused on increasing patient cost sharing and revising family coverage policies. Few employers adopted innovative health benefit strategies or major design changes. Given employers' lack of confidence in alternative strategies and their unwillingness to restrict workers' choice of providers, employers will likely continue incremental cost-sharing increases in the face of ongoing premium increases.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 83","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24546028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Federal aid strengthens health care safety net: the strong get stronger. 联邦援助加强了医疗保障网络:强者更强。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-04-01
John F Hoadley, Laurie E Felland, Andrea B Staiti
{"title":"Federal aid strengthens health care safety net: the strong get stronger.","authors":"John F Hoadley,&nbsp;Laurie E Felland,&nbsp;Andrea B Staiti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new federal initiatives--community health center expansion and Community Access Program grants--have improved access to care for low-income people and strengthened linkages among safety net providers, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities. Grant recipients have added services to fill safety net gaps or to improve collaboration among safety net providers. However, communities with weaker safety nets were less likely to receive federal aid, and funding for both programs is limited, hampering the potential impact on the nation's system of care for low-income and uninsured people.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 80","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24507407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Preferred provider organizations and Medicare: is there an advantage? 首选提供者组织和医疗保险:有什么优势吗?
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-04-01
Robert E Hurley, Bradley C Strunk, Joy M Grossman
{"title":"Preferred provider organizations and Medicare: is there an advantage?","authors":"Robert E Hurley,&nbsp;Bradley C Strunk,&nbsp;Joy M Grossman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A key component of the new Medicare reform law is an overhaul of Medicare managed care, including a strong emphasis on recruiting private plans--especially preferred provider organizations (PPOs)--to participate in the new Medicare Advantage program. Citing the popularity of PPOs for privately insured Americans, proponents have touted PPOs as critical to injecting more and better competition into Medicare. This study, based on findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) site visits to 12 nationally representative communities, explores the reasons for the strong growth in commercial PPO enrollment and examines whether PPOs--as currently structured--can add value to Medicare. The available evidence suggests that the PPO model will face challenges in achieving the policy goals set forth in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), including increasing benefits, improving quality and slowing cost growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 81","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24507408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Managed care redux: health plans shift responsibilities to consumers. 管理式医疗减少:健康计划将责任转移给消费者。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-03-01
Debra A Draper, Gary Claxton
{"title":"Managed care redux: health plans shift responsibilities to consumers.","authors":"Debra A Draper,&nbsp;Gary Claxton","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Confronted with conflicting pressures to stem double-digit premium increases and provide unfettered access to care, health plans are developing products that shift more financial and care management responsibilities to consumers, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities. Plans are pursuing these strategies in collaboration with employers that want to gain control over rapidly rising premiums while continuing to respond to employee demands for less restrictive managed care practices. Mindful of the managed care backlash, health plans also are stepping up utilization management activities for high-cost services and focusing care management on high-cost patients. While the move toward greater consumer engagement is clear, the impact on costs and consumer willingness to assume these new responsibilities remain to be seen.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 79","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24436164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Emergency department diversions: hospital and community strategies alleviate the crisis. 急诊科分流:医院和社区策略缓解危机。
Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change) Pub Date : 2004-03-01
Linda R Brewster, Laurie E Felland
{"title":"Emergency department diversions: hospital and community strategies alleviate the crisis.","authors":"Linda R Brewster,&nbsp;Laurie E Felland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A nationwide surge in emergency department ambulance diversions in 2000-01 raised concerns about access and quality of care for critically ill patients, but the diversion problem has improved markedly over the past two years, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2002-03 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities. Hospital efforts to improve bed management and patient flow, as well as community initiatives to monitor and control diversions, have played key roles in easing the problem. The success in bringing the diversion crisis under control offers an important lesson for policy makers--much can be done to better manage existing hospital capacity before potentially costly expansions are made.</p>","PeriodicalId":80012,"journal":{"name":"Issue brief (Center for Studying Health System Change)","volume":" 78","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24437291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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