May 18, 2012 -
"Accountable care is a shift in focus from payment for units of service to payment for taking good care of patients over time," explains The Dartmouth Institute's Elliott Fisher, M.D., in this episode about accountable care organizations, or ACOs. Through interviews with Dr. Fisher and Commonwealth Fund experts, Sandy Hausman explores how ACOs will change the way we think about care and how we pay for it.
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May 3, 2012 -
In this presentation, David Squires, senior research associate for the International Program in Health Policy and Innovation, uses Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data to explain why the U.S. spends more on health care than other industrialized countries.
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March 14, 2012 -
A new Commonwealth Fund report ranks 306 local areas across the U.S. on indicators of health system performance. Watch for report highlights and commentary from report coauthor Cathy Schoen of The Commonwealth Fund.
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March 14, 2012 -
This episode looks at a new scorecard on local health system performance from The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, and how communities can use its data to improve.
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January 19, 2012 -
This podcast examines the implications of the Affordable Care Act for the nation's safety net health care providers, which include clinics and hospitals that serve low-income patients and those who have no insurance.
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January 4, 2012 -
Watch highlights of the health ministers' roundtable discussion from The Commonwealth Fund's 14th International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
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December 5, 2011 -
The Hon. Annette Widmann-Mauz, Parliamentary State Secretary for Health for Germany, delivers the keynote speech, "Realizing the Promise of Health Reform: A Health Care System for the 21st Century," at The Commonwealth Fund 2011 International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
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December 5, 2011 -
David Blumenthal delivers the John M. Eisenberg, M.D., International Lecture, "Driving Health System Transformation: Insights and Inspiration," at The Commonwealth Fund 2011 International Symposium on Health Care Policy.
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November 17, 2011 -
Sandy Hausman looks at a new study on state trends for employer-sponsored insurance premiums and deductibles that found a 50 percent increase in premiums between 2003 and 2010, and a 63 percent increase in the employee share of the premium for a family plan. Also discussed are Affordable Care Act provisions that should help lower premiums.
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November 8, 2011 -
At this Oct. 18 2011 briefing, The Commonwealth Fund's Karen Davis and Cathy Schoen presented findings from Why Not the Best? Results from the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011. Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System chair David Blumenthal, M.D., and commission member Maureen Bisognano responded to the research.
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October 20, 2011 -
One of the biggest challenges in health care reform is how to care for people who qualify for both Medicare and Medicaid. This group tends to be sicker, poorer, and more costly than the average person in either program. This episode looks at reducing duplication of care and providing assisted living, among other strategies for helping "dual eligibles" and getting their health care costs under control.
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October 11, 2011 -
This episode of "Talking Health," airing on CUNY-TV in October 2011, features interviews with Larry Minnix of LeadingAge and Lynn Friss Feinberg of the AARP Public Policy Institute.
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September 9, 2011 -
On September 8, 2011 AARP held a Solutions Forum highlighting the findings of "Raising Expectations: A State Scorecard on Long-Term Services and Supports." Speakers included: Susan Reinhard, AARP Senior Vice President for Public Policy; Mary Jane Koren, M.D., Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund; and Bruce Chernof, M.D., President and CEO, The SCAN Foundation; as well as state and federal officials and national experts in caregiving and LTSS policy.
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September 7, 2011 -
The first of 70 million baby boomers turn 65 this year, and long-term services and supports (LTSS), which include home care, assisted living, and nursing home care, are on the rise. To help states identify gaps, AARP’s Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund, and The SCAN Foundation, developed the first state LTSS scorecard.
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August 1, 2011 -
In this presentation, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis, Ph.D., looks at the ways the Affordable Care Act can help support the medical home. Davis gave the talk at the March 2011 meeting of the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative.
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