January 11, 2005 - In her 2004 Annual Report Message, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis, Ph.D., lays out a detailed plan to transform the system to achieve "commensurate value for what we spend on health care."
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December 28, 2004 - Fund Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John E. Craig, Jr., addresses the challenges of regulating foundations effectively and proposes steps that the foundation sector could take to ensure strong performance by a very diverse group of institutions.
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December 24, 2004 - This White Paper reflects the efforts from health plans, employers, consultants, and providers to define a set of recommendations that have the potential to improve the measurement of provider efficiency and the science behind it.
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December 20, 2004 - International concerns about primary care are the focus of the lead story in the new Commonwealth Fund Quarterly, our roundup of Fund-supported research. Other articles address the health insurance divide between low- and higher-wage workers; a new survey on physician IT use; and an interview with Simon Stevens, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's former health policy advisor, who talks about the ambitious reforms under way at the NHS.
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September 15, 2004 - This tipsheet oulines questions to consider and discuss when reporting on prescription drugs and other medical technologies.
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July 15, 2004 - Black and Hispanic New Yorkers, as well as poor residents regardless of race or ethnicity, are more likely than whites to have diabetes, HIV, and other diseases, and are at greater risk of dying prematurely, according to a new Commonwealth Fund-supported report from the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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February 1, 2004 - "Value-added" foundations like The Commonwealth Fund perform an important function by underwriting policy research, service delivery experimentation, and infrastructure development within their fields—health care, in the case of the Fund.
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February 1, 2004 - President's Message from 2003 Annual Report
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December 1, 2003 - New York State has been trying to make a transition from Medicaid fee-for-service to Medicaid managed care, which policymakers believe has the potential to control costs and improve care. A new report from the United Hospital Fund finds that, so far, managed care has not lived up to these promises, mainly because of frequent "churning" among the ranks of the insured.
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February 2, 2003 - President's Message from 2002 Annual Report
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February 1, 2003 - Foundations can be seen as adding value in four ways: (1) selecting the best grantees; (2) signaling the worth of particular projects and grantees to other funders; (3) improving and enhancing the work of grantees; and (4) advancing the state of knowledge and practice in the foundation's fields.
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