CHRT Report Shows Health Care Costs of Obesity Surge For Severely Obese
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) today released a cost analysis showing that those who are severely obese(1)Severely obese defined as BMI of 35 kg/m2 or greater. have a significantly higher health burden and health costs than those who are moderately obese(2)Moderately obese defined as BMI of 30 – 34.9 kg/m2., an indication that intervention efforts focused on the …
Read more >Michigan Awarded $305 Million in Federal Funds under the Affordable Care Act
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) today released a report tracking trends in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) funding. From March 2010 when the ACA became law through the most recent fiscal year ending in September 2013, nearly $15.1 billion in grants was awarded in the United States and District of Columbia. Michigan received $305.4 …
Read more >To Improve Mental Health Care in Michigan: The Need for Unprecedented Commitment and Cooperation
Editor’s Note: This column appeared in Bridge Magazine. Soon, many hundreds of thousands of Michigan citizens will be obtaining mental health coverage through the Affordable Care Act—coverage that many have never had before. Our Center wanted to understand what Michiganders might be facing in terms of the need for these services and access to care. To find out, we surveyed …
Read more >CHRT study shows Michigan’s mental health system broken, lacks capacity, care not integrated
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) today released data showing that while one in four Michiganders reported being diagnosed with depression and/or anxiety, finding mental health services is difficult for consumers in most areas of the state, a fact confirmed by primary care providers seeking to refer patients. The research brief, “Access to Mental Health Care in Michigan,” …
Read more >The Hunger for Debate: Communication and the Affordable Care Act
On November 4, our Center—along with the Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, and Michigan Radio—held a symposium at the University of Michigan on communication of the Affordable Care Act. The symposium was energetic and the panelists thoughtful. But, what has been most striking to me has been the reaction we have received from those who …
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Blues reap big savings by axing individual plans
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses BCBSM’s cancellation of 25 individual health plans and the impact on consumers.
Read more >WKAR Current State: Michigan healthcare org updates ACA rollout
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips dicusses CHRT’s mission and the center’s work related to health care reform.
Read more >Michigan Radio: Issues & Ale: Health care & the Affordable Care Act
Marianne Udow-Phillips, CHRT director, joined Don Hazaert, director of Michigan Consumers for Healthcare, and Melissa Anders, a statewide business reporter with MLive, to discuss the impacts of the Affordable Care Act during Michigan Radio’s Issues & Ale event.
Read more >New Products on the Health Insurance Exchange: What is Old Becomes New
When I was at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, we used to say that you couldn’t sell any products without having all key providers included in them. But, that was at a time when health benefits were considered “fringe benefits,” unions were powerful drivers of benefit designs and employers covered most of the health insurance premium. Times, however, are …
Read more >Michigan Radio: Stateside Program
Cynthia Canty, host of Michigan Radio’s Stateside, speaks with CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips about the Michigan Health Insurance Exchange one week after its official opening on Oct. 1.
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