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August 28, 2010
AnnArbor.com:
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.
August 10, 2010
Commonwealth Fund Updates Timeline for Health Care Reform Implementation: Health Insurance Provisions
Health care reform legislation—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act—includes numerous provisions to expand access to health insurance, improve the quality and comprehensiveness of coverage, and make coverage more affordable for all Americans. This updated timeline from the Commonwealth Fund outlines when the various health insurance provisions will go into effect.
August 8, 2010
Thomas Simmer, M.D. Wins Crain's Health Care Heroes Corporate Achievement Award
Congratulations to CHRT board vice president Thomas Simmer, M.D., who was honored by Crain's Detroit Business for his decade-plus service as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan senior vice president and chief medical officer. Crain's noted his success at improving provider quality by streamlining administration, introducing quality-oriented incentive programs and implementing innovative care programs such as the Patient Centered Medical Home.
August 2, 2010
AnnArbor.com:
Packard Health gets further support in bid to create clinic on Washtenaw County's east side
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is quoted explaining the significance of the potential designation as a Federally Qualified Community Health Care Center of Ann Arbor's Packard Health, whose effort to receive the designation was recently boosted by a $25,000 grant.
July 1, 2010
TalkLansing.net:
Marianne Udow-Phillips "Talk Lansing" Interview
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips was interviewed by web radio station TalkLansing.net. The complete audio of the interview is available below.
Related Information:
August 3, 2010
Health Care Cost Drivers: Chronic Disease, Comorbidity, and Health Risk Factors in the U.S. and Michigan
In The Media
Detroit Free Press 08/04/2010
Detroit News 08/04/2010
AnnArbor.com 08/03/2010
Crain's Detroit Business 08/03/2010
MLive.com 08/03/2010
CHRT Issue Brief August 2010
In our January 2010 issue brief, The Cost Burden of Disease, we presented the most common reasons for hospitalizations, the most expensive conditions, and gender differences between men and women with respect to the top ten diagnoses. In this issue brief, we focus on costs and risk factors relating to selected chronic conditions, comorbidities, and health risk factors of cigarette smoking and overweight/obesity.
June 21, 2010
Cover Michigan 2010
The State of Health Care Coverage in Michigan
New for 2010: Includes projected changes in coverage due to health reform (also available separately in the new CHRT Issue Brief, Impact of Health Reform on Coverage in Michigan)
In The Media
Detroit Free Press 06/23/2010
Crain's Detroit Business 06/21/2010
Michigan Radio 06/21/2010
WHTC 1450 AM, Holland 06/21/2010
Detroit News 06/20/2010
Detroit Free Press 06/20/2010
Cover Michigan 2010 is CHRT's annual report of health care coverage in the U.S. and Michigan, including data on the uninsured, publicly and privately insured, premiums and cost-sharing, the health care safety net and, new for this year, health reform.
Cover Michigan 2010 presents the most recent comparative data available for the U.S. and Michigan: 2008 data for the U.S. and 2007/2008 two-year pooled data for Michigan. Michigan data are pooled to ensure an adequate sample size; some demographic data are reported as three-year pooled averages. Where possible, more recent data are included.
The Cover Michigan 2010 report and the Cover Michigan Survey 2010 (released in March 2010) both reveal continued upward trends in areas of concern from our 2009 report: more people lacking insurance, more employers dropping coverage, higher costs for those who have insurance, and a growing strain on the health care safety net.
June 21, 2010
Impact of Health Reform on Coverage in Michigan
CHRT Issue Brief June 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or the Act) will affect the picture of coverage in Michigan in many different ways.
While it is relatively easy to project the impact of some components of the Act (e.g., the number who will be eligible for Medicaid after 2014), it is more difficult to project many other elements (e.g., how many of the eligible will actually enroll in Medicaid). In this brief, we try to give a picture of the impact of the PPACA, had it been fully implemented and in effect in 2007/20081 (the period for which we have the most recent, comprehensive data on health coverage in the state).
It is important to understand that the regulations for most of the provisions of the Act have yet to be written, and Michigan, like other states, will have choices to make about the way various components of the Act are implemented. We made a number of assumptions about those choices to derive the estimates presented here. These estimates are intended to be illustrative of what could happen under the PPACA, and give some dimension to the scope of coverage in the Act and impacts on the most affected groups.
May 24, 2010
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the State and Local Level
CHRT Policy Brief June 2010
While health care reform has its foundation and framework at the federal level, many key elements will be carried out at the state and local level. Rather than addressing changes that apply to private sector health insurance, this policy brief summarizes some of the most salient state requirements and state and local opportunities with regard to coverage and health care delivery.
March 8, 2010
Cover Michigan Survey 2010
In The Media
Lansing State Journal 03/08/2010
AnnArbor.com 03/08/2010
Crain's Detroit Business 03/07/2010
In January of 2009, CHRT released the first edition of Cover Michigan, a report designed to provide a comprehensive picture of health care coverage in the U.S. and Michigan. In August 2009, to better understand the impact of coverage trends on the people behind the statistics, CHRT commissioned a survey of 1,022 Michigan adults about their sources of coverage, perceived health status, ability to pay for insurance and care, and decisions about seeking—or not seeking—needed health care services.
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