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 >Michigan Radio: Report finds geographic differences in health care practices
Report on CHRT’s September 2010 “CHRTBook: Health Care Variation in Michigan.”
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Docs’ practices are questioned: Test, treatment frequency raises concerns
Report on CHRT’s September 2010 “CHRTBook: Health Care Variation in Michigan.” Must pay fee to view full story.
Read more >Michigan Business Review: Report shows how medical care varies across the state
Report on CHRT’s September 2010 “CHRTBook: Health Care Variation in Michigan.”
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business: Rates of unnecessary hospitalization highest in Detroit, Dearborn – study
Report on CHRT’s September 2010 “CHRTBook: Health Care Variation in Michigan.” (Free registration required)
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: Will Ann Arbor hospitals meet electronic health records deadline?
This in-depth look at the status of electronic health record implementation among Ann Arbor area hospitals and physicians groups features comments from CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips.
Read more >The Detroit News: Chronic illnesses driving up Michigan’s health care costs
Report on CHRT’s August 2010 issue brief “Health Care Cost Drivers: Chronic Disease, Comorbidity, and Health Risk Factors in the U.S. and Michigan.” (No longer available online)
Read more >Detroit Free Press: Michigan is paying price for unhealthy adults
Report on CHRT’s August 2010 issue brief “Health Care Cost Drivers: Chronic Disease, Comorbidity, and Health Risk Factors in the U.S. and Michigan.” Must pay fee to view full story.
Read more >The Ann Arbor News: Cost of treating preventable chronic conditions adds up in Michigan, Ann Arbor group finds
Report on CHRT’s August 2010 issue brief “Health Care Cost Drivers: Chronic Disease, Comorbidity, and Health Risk Factors in the U.S. and Michigan.”
Read more >MLive: Report shows high costs of chronic medical conditions in Michigan
Report on CHRT’s August 2010 issue brief “Health Care Cost Drivers: Chronic Disease, Comorbidity, and Health Risk Factors in the U.S. and Michigan.”
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