Click on Detroit: The Price of Health Care
New law requires hospitals to post service costs online — but does it help patients? CHRT helps WDIV TV 4 Detroit learn more…
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Michigan Hospitals Post Prices Online
Explaining new Federal requirements – Marianne Udow-Phillips, Mark Fendrick
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Outlook 2019
State should focus more urgently on public health — Marianne Udow-Phillips
Read more >WJR Radio: What’s Next for The ACA
In the wake of the recent Texas federal court ruling, CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips joins Paul W. Smith on-air to talk about the court ruling and what’s next for the ACA and people who have health insurance through the ACA. Listen to the conversation here.
Read more >Cover Michigan 2018: Health Care Benefit Use Variation by Demographics
Data from the Center for Health and Research Transformation’s (CHRT) 2018 Cover Michigan Survey Report, “Use of Health Care Benefits in Michigan,” show which health benefits Michiganders with health insurance coverage have used in the past year and how benefit use varies by age, race, gender, and economic status. For more detail on the 2018 health care use analysis, review “Health …
Read more >Crain's Detroit: Dr. Michelle Moniz, CHRT policy fellow, in Freep: Dangers of short term health plans for moms, babies
In recent years, the landscape of health insurance in the United States has witnessed significant transformations. One notable development has been the expansion of short-term health insurance plans, a topic that has sparked extensive discussions and debates among policymakers, healthcare professionals, and citizens alike. Today, we’ll examine the potential implications they hold for individuals and the overall healthcare system. “Bare …
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Nine lessons for the leaders of health and human services integration initiatives (and for the grantmakers that want them to succeed)
In Health Affairs’ GrantWatch column, Marianne Udow-Phillips, Kathryne O’Grady, and Phyllis Meadows share Nine lessons for the leaders of health and human services integration initiatives (and for the grantmakers that want them to succeed). “Collectively addressing the environmental and social factors that influence health, a process known as health and human services integration, is not a new concept in the …
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Congratulations to CHRT’s Carrie Rheingans, selected as one of Crain’s Detroit’s Notable Women in Health Care
Carrie Rheingans at the May 23rd, 2018 WHI Stakeholders Meeting. Carrie Rheingans, project manager at the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT), is recognized in Crain’s Detroit Business’s inaugural list of Notable Women in Health Care. At CHRT, Carrie manages the Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI), a regional health coalition focused on improving access to coordinated care for low-income, uninsured, and …
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Congratulations to the 2018 class of Health Policy Fellows
The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT) is pleased to introduce its 2018 Health Policy Fellows, including six University of Michigan researchers and six Lansing-based policymakers, who recently completed a 15-week fellowship program designed to translate health research into policy. “Health researchers want their work to have impact at the community, state, and national level. And policymakers and decision …
Read more >CHRT ED talks Medicaid work requirements with Crain’s Detroit Business
CHRT Executive Director Marianne Udow-Phillips spoke with Crain’s Detroit Business about a recently introduced bill, Senate Bill 897, that proposes 30-hour per week work requirements for Michigan’s Medicaid recipients. In “Bill package would add work requirements, limit time, and block-grant Medicaid,” a March 9 article by Jay Greene, Udow-Phillips describes the cost of administering and enforcing work requirements across the state, the fact …
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