Adapting to Change: Health Care Safety Net Services and Health Care Reform
Health Care Symposium 1:30–4:30 PM Danto Auditorium (in the Cardiovascular Center on the University of Michigan campus) 11/01/2010 Related blog post by Marianne Udow-Phillips: The Safety Net and Health Care Reform The health care safety net will continue to be a vital component of the overall health care system as the environment changes under health reform. This symposium, Adapting to …
Read more >Patient Centered Medical Home: Obstacles and Opportunities
Health Care Symposium 1:30–5:00 pm Forum Hall, University of Michigan Palmer Commons Patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model of care delivery that includes an ongoing relationship between provider team and patient, using a comprehensive approach to coordination of care. Today, numerous medical organizations have adopted the principles of PCMH, and purchasers of health care services are interested in the …
Read more >Healthcare Policy and Research: Can We Speak the Same Language?
Health Policy Symposium 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. (with optional informal session 2 – 4 p.m.) University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex (NCRC) Ann Arbor, Michigan How can researchers, policy-makers, and practice leaders work together more effectively to effect real world change? This one-day symposium brought together prominent state and national policy-makers, health services researchers, and funders to explore …
Read more >Massachusetts Comes to Michigan: Lessons about Health Care Reform from Business Leaders
Lessons about Health Care Reform from Business Leaders 2013 Health Care Symposium February 11, 2013 4:00–5:30 p.m. Walter and Leonore Annenberg Auditorium 1120 Weill Hall at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 735 South State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan No registration necessary. Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation …
Read more >Hearsay or Fact: A Symposium on the Communication of the Affordable Care Act
Health Reform Symposium 1:00–5:00 p.m. Michigan League Ballroom University of Michigan–Ann Arbor Free and open to the public View the policy panel webcast replay here and the journalism panel webcast replay here. The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT), the Knight-Wallace Fellows at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation (IHPI) and …
Read more >Costs, Not Physician Choice, Most Important Factor In Individual Health Coverage Plan Selection
A report released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows that individuals selecting health coverage in Michigan are making their buying decision based on costs more than choice of physicians and network size. The report, “Health Plan Selection: Factors Influencing Michiganders’ Choice of Health Insurance,” shows that consumers purchasing individual health insurance coverage were more than …
Read more >Hospital Costs Lower in Michigan than in Indiana, Wisconsin; Michigan’s Certificate of Need Laws, Dominant Insurer Likely Contributed to Differences
A report released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows substantial variation in hospital costs between Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, with Michigan as the lowest cost among the three states. Many complex factors contributed to these differences, and likely included state regulations such as Certificate of Need laws and health insurance market conditions that varied by …
Read more >#MiACA symposium moves beyond the numbers
Numbers have become a prominent part of the Affordable Care Act vocabulary and used often to explain how the law is changing the ways health care is purchased, accessed and delivered. Just recently, media reported that more than 600,000 Michiganders had enrolled in the Healthy Michigan Plan, Michigan’s expanded Medicaid program, during the program’s first year of operation. The number …
Read more >Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Survey Shows Dramatic Improvement in Health Insurance Coverage and Access since 2012
A survey brief released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows that in 2014, fewer Michiganders reported being uninsured and struggling to pay medical costs or delaying needed medical care, and more residents had access to primary care than in 2012, before the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions went into effect. The survey, conducted in late …
Read more >After two years, hard to call ACA anything but a success
Editor’s Note: This column was published in Bridge Magazine. It is hard to believe that as the Affordable Care Act turns five on March 23, it continues to be as controversial as it was on day one. The U.S. House of Representatives has taken 56 votes to repeal all or some of the landmark health care reform law, most recently …
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