Crain's Detroit Business: Physician practices chosen for med home study
CHRT’s efforts in shaping the grant proposal and helping to assemble a comprehensive statewide network of provider organizations and health plans are cited as crucial in this report on the factors leading to Michigan’s selection as one of eight states to participate in the CMS demonstration project on patient-centered medical homes. CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips also comments. (Subscription required to …
Read more >The Cost of Prematurity
In 2006, there were 4.3 million children born in the United States. Approximately 55,000 of those children were born prematurely. Premature births have been increasing consistently since 1990 (though there appears to have been a slight drop in the rate of prematurity in 2007). In 1990, 10.6 percent of children were born prematurely; in 2006, that percentage had increased to …
Read more >TalkLansing.net: AM Lansing Interviews Marianne Udow-Phillips on Prematurity
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips joins hosts Walt Sorg and Corin Johnston to discuss CHRT’s November 2010 issue brief, “Prematurity.”
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Study: Premature births higher among blacks
Report on CHRT’s November 2010 issue brief “Prematurity.” Must pay fee to view full story.
Read more >CHRT report shows pre-term births are leading cause of health problems in infants and significant contributor to health care spending
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) based at the University of Michigan today released its Prematurity Issue Brief that shows pre-term births—births at less than 37 weeks of gestation—are the leading cause of health problems in infants and estimated to cost the U.S. more than $26 billion annually. In addition, the report shows that a black infant in …
Read more >What’s happening in the UK? And, what’s it got to do with us?
In the midst of all the focus on election day in the U.S., there was a much overlooked article the same day on changes in the British health care system. The article is about what is called in Great Britain “NICE.” NICE is an acronym that stands for National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. NICE was established in 1999 …
Read more >Lansing State Journal: Medicaid squeeze: Shrinking federal reimbursements cause doctors to limit care to needy
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips comments on the declining number of health providers accepting Medicaid patients as reimbursement rates fall, citing findings from CHRT’s March 2010 Cover Michigan Survey.
Read more >What Now? Health Care Reform after the Midterms
During the campaign, there was a great deal of talk about “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act if the Republicans won in Congress. Well, the Republicans won the House and made significant gains in the Senate. So, what now? Is a repeal of health care reform a likely outcome in the near future? There is very little that is …
Read more >The Safety Net and Health Care Reform
On October 29, CHRT sponsored a symposium to look at issues surrounding the safety net and the future of health care after the Affordable Care Act takes effect. While there are some who believe that getting to (or close to) universal coverage would mean the end of the safety net, our panelists came to the opposite conclusion. That is, we …
Read more >Choices Ahead
The run up to the midterm elections says a lot about American ambivalence about reforming the health care system. The rhetoric about health reform – and the public’s reaction to that rhetoric – underlines why it has been so difficult to reform the health care system for the past 100 years– and, why it still might fail. In general, whenever …
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