Detroit Free Press: Will a Henry Ford-Beaumont megamerger be a benefit to the community?
In this examination of the $6.4-billion merger of the Henry Ford and Beaumont health systems, CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses incentives and cost-containment mechanisms in the Affordable Care Act that may be leading some hospitals to consider potential mergers.
Read more >Detroit Free Press: U.S. to administer Web health marketplace
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains what federally-run health insurance exchanges mean for consumers after state lawmakers likely guaranteed Michigan will miss out on a state/federal partnership.
Read more >The Lucy Ann Lance Show: Medicaid impact on primary care physicians
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips joins Lucy Ann Lance live on-air to discuss results from CHRT’s two most recently published surveys—the first in the Cover Michigan Survey 2013 series that examined access to health care and a survey of Michigan’s primary care providers.
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Coping with health reform: Massachusetts biz leaders offer advice to Michigan execs
Crain’s Detroit Business highlights the key messages from Massachusetts business leaders to their Michigan counterparts during a CHRT-sponsored event, including clarification that the Massachusetts business community is “not crazy” for supporting health care reform and the individual mandate. (Free online subscription required to view full text)
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: U-M to host panel of Massachusetts experts giving health care reform advice to Michigan businesses
AnnArbor.com offers an advance look at a CHRT-sponsored panel discussion that brings together Massachusetts and Michigan business leaders to explore lessons from Massachusetts’ health reform experience and what may be ahead as the Affordable Care Act is implemented in Michigan.
Read more >WDET's The Craig Fahle Show: Can small businesses benefit from Affordable Care Act implementation?
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips is joined by Michael Widmer of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation on The Craig Fahle Show to promote a CHRT-sponsored panel discussion with Massachusetts and Michigan business leaders, including Widmer.
Read more >USA Today: Michigan GOP governor proposes Medicaid expansion
USA Today publishes a Detroit Free Press report that included commentary from CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips about Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s public support for expanding the state’s Medicaid eligibility.
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Snyder pushes to extend Medicaid to 470,000 Michiganders: ‘Care for people who need it’
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program “really is a big deal,” CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips tells the Detroit Free Press following Snyder’s public declaration
Read more >Interlochen Public Radio: Are Michigan doctors ready for more Medicaid?
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses a CHRT survey that answers a key question surrounding a possible Michigan Medicaid expansion: Are there enough doctors who will accept Medicaid patients?
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Doctors say they’d take new Medicaid patients
Crain’s Detroit Business reports on CHRT’s statewide survey, in partnership with the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Michigan, that shows more than 80 percent of Michigan primary care providers would accept newly insured patients, including new Medicaid patients.
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