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Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) becomes new home for Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance
The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT), an independent nonprofit impact organization housed at the University of Michigan, is the new host organization for the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance (MiCHWA), an organization that works to advance and train community health workers across the state and achieve policies that lead to sustainable financing of CHW programs. As part of …
Read more >CHRT to develop tool assessing capacity of statewide Choosing Wisely® efforts
The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT), in collaboration with the University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI), received a $55,380 grant from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation to develop a tool to help assess a state’s capacity to launch a statewide Choosing Wisely® campaign. An initiative of the ABIM Foundation in partnership …
Read more >CHRT and PSC Forge Strategic Collaboration in Health Policy
The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT) and Public Sector Consultants (PSC), two leading organizations in health policy, are partnering to offer organizations in Michigan a new option for addressing complex policy challenges and developing innovative, actionable solutions. Through a strategic collaboration, CHRT and PSC will combine talents to bring a superior set of skills and expertise to large-scale …
Read more >Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation names new board of directors, launches new website
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT), an independent nonprofit organization housed at the University of Michigan, welcomes a new board of directors that includes representation from additional healthcare, business and policy organizations. “We are thankful for the support and direction we have received from our two founding organizations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the University of …
Read more >Report: Michiganders who were underinsured in 2013 outnumbered the uninsured
The Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation at the University of Michigan today released a special report: The Underinsured in Michigan. The issue brief shows that in 2013, nearly 1.2 million Michigan residents with health insurance coverage had out-of-pocket medical spending that was high enough relative to income to be considered underinsured. These underinsured individuals exceeded the 1 million who …
Read more >Costs, Not Physician Choice, Most Important Factor In Individual Health Coverage Plan Selection
A report released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows that individuals selecting health coverage in Michigan are making their buying decision based on costs more than choice of physicians and network size. The report, “Health Plan Selection: Factors Influencing Michiganders’ Choice of Health Insurance,” shows that consumers purchasing individual health insurance coverage were more than …
Read more >Hospital Costs Lower in Michigan than in Indiana, Wisconsin; Michigan’s Certificate of Need Laws, Dominant Insurer Likely Contributed to Differences
A report released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows substantial variation in hospital costs between Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, with Michigan as the lowest cost among the three states. Many complex factors contributed to these differences, and likely included state regulations such as Certificate of Need laws and health insurance market conditions that varied by …
Read more >Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation Survey Shows Dramatic Improvement in Health Insurance Coverage and Access since 2012
A survey brief released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows that in 2014, fewer Michiganders reported being uninsured and struggling to pay medical costs or delaying needed medical care, and more residents had access to primary care than in 2012, before the Affordable Care Act’s coverage expansions went into effect. The survey, conducted in late …
Read more >Affordable Care Act Brings Nearly a Half Billion Dollars to Michigan over Five Years, Built Infrastructure, Access to Health Care
A report released today by the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) shows that since 2010, the state of Michigan has received close to a half billion dollars in grant funding to develop and implement programs and services as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Michigan received $489.4 million from March 2010, when the ACA became law, through …
Read more >Survey reveals 87 percent of Michigan primary care doctors have capacity to take new patients; 64 percent taking new Medicaid patients
A 2014 Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) survey of Michigan primary care doctors shows that the great majority – close to 9 out of 10 physicians – have capacity to accept more patients, quieting concerns about meeting increased demand as more people continue to get coverage under the Affordable Care Act. In particular, the survey reveals that considerably …
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