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• Improving Quality and Value in the U.S. Health Care System

  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  As Congress and the Administration consider legislation to reduce the number of Americans without insurance coverage, they must simultaneously address shortfalls in the quality and efficiency of care that lead to higher costs and to poor health outcomes. Engelberg Center experts, with support from Avalere Health, discuss evidence on a range of payment and delivery system reforms designed to improve health care in a new report.

• Reforming the Medicaid Disproportionate-Share Hospital Program

  Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  Congress is considering redirecting federal spending on the Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) program to help pay for health reform. Aaron McKethan, S. Lawrence Kocot and other experts discuss linking Medicaid DSH spending to state-level Medicaid enrollment or uninsured populations, or both, as a way of creating significant federal savings over time without exposing hospitals to uncertain or across-the-board spending cuts.

• Medicare Part D: Good for Patients and an Opportunity for Pharmacists

  Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  Reimbursement for medication therapy management services under Medicare Part D has created an historic opportunity for the pharmacy profession to step further into the role of managing outcomes as well as delivering medications to patients. Larry Kocot and Joshua Benner discuss how pharmacy leaders can be at the forefront of change by following five specific steps.

• Strategic Review: Real Health Care Reform in 2009

  Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  From the standpoint of presidential and congressional leadership heading into 2009, one thing is clear: Now is the time for action on a different vision for health care reform.