In The Media, Michigan Radio: Hospitals may be required to show service charges
A bill in Lansing could make all Michigan hospitals publicly show their specific charges for services, as part of a push for greater transparency in health care…
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business, In The Media: Who should we credit for lowering uninsured in Michigan by nearly 1 million?
One of the clear successes of the Affordable Care Act — and there have been many more successes than failures — has been how it has reduced the national and Michigan uninsured rate. Before 2010, the national uninsured rate had steadily climbed, up to 16.3 percent in 2009 from 15 percent in 1992, according to the U.S. Census Bureau…
Read more >Appleton Post-Crescent, In The Media: ThedaCare’s potential merger part of trend
ThedaCare, a health system in Wisconsin, is considering consolidating its two largest hospitals. The potential merger would become the latest in a nationwide trend of merging health care operations. CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips warns that using research on consolidation in the healthcare industry to predict effects on ThedaCare is the equivalent of comparing apples to oranges. That’s because nearly all research on the consolidations in the health …
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: It’s almost time for Michigan to start sharing Medicaid expansion costs
Starting in 2017, the State of Michigan will pay 5% of the Healthy Michigan Plan’s operating cost. Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed 2017 budget, which requires the state Legislature’s approval, included over $100 million for Healthy Michigan, the state’s Medicaid expansion program that provides health insurance for about 600,000 Michiganders. Marianne Udow-Phillips, CHRT’s director, tells Michigan Radio she predicts the Legislature’s eventual approval “because the state is still getting savings from the general …
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: It’s almost time for Michigan to start sharing Medicaid expansion costs
Gov. Rick Snyder’s new budget contains over $100 million for Healthy Michigan. That’s a reminder that it’s time for the state of Michigan to pony up some of the Medicaid expansion program’s operation cost. That Healthy Michigan program means health insurance for some 600,000 lower-income Michiganders. Marianne Udow-Phillips is with the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation…
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business, In The Media: Survey notes drop in small businesses offering health insurance
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains why she does not believe the Affordable Care Act is behind a drop in the number of small Michigan companies offering health insurance between 2013 and 2014, and her predictions for future insurance offer rate trends among businesses.
Read more >In The Media: Roundtable on 50th anniversary of Medicare
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips participated in the Ford School & IHPI roundtable discussion with U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell and former U.S. Rep. John Dingell to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Medicare and 80th anniversary of Social Security.
Read more >In The Media, WKAR Current State: Michigan analyst praises SCOTUS health care ruling
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips explains what the highly anticipated U.S. Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell provides moving forward: certainty.
Read more >In The Media, Washington Business Journal: Here’s why massive health insurance mergers might not be bad for business
Amid a potentially massive shuffle of ownership in the health insurance market, the Washington Business Journal asks CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips if all these mergers are a good thing or bad for business.
Read more >In The Media, MiBiz: Study determines CON limits new entrants, health care competition
CHRT’s May 2015 report, “A Tale of Three Cities: Health Care Costs in the Midwest,” is cited after a George Mason University report re-ignites discussion on Michigan’s certificate-of-need law.
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