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05/14/2012 Poverty and Health: A Connection We Can't Ignore
04/30/2012 Cardiac Care - A Case Study in Practice Variation
04/16/2012 One Courageous Woman
Spotlight
April 17, 2012
Hospital quality initiatives save state more than $232 million
Four collaborative quality programs sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan have produced $232.8 million in health care cost savings and lower complication and mortality rates. The University of Michigan Health System served as coordinating center for these and seven other collaboratives.
April 12, 2012
Article Examines Quality Interventions in Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium
The April 2012 issue of Health Affairs features an article, titled "Michigan Oncology Practices Showed Varying Adherence Rates To Practice Guidelines, But Quality Interventions Improved Care," that measured the quality of outpatient cancer care, using validated quality measures, in the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium, a consortium of thirty-six outpatient oncology practices in Michigan.
March 25, 2012
New York Times:
Equitable Health Care: Sunday Dialogue
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips' responds to Alan B. Cohen's commentary in the New York Times "Sunday Dialog."
CHRT Press Release
February 6, 2012
New fellowship pairs University of Michigan researchers with state policy makers to better connect research and policy
Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation selects 5 health services researchers, 5 policy makers for program's inaugural class
Read the press release »
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Related CHRT Program:
CHRT Policy Fellowship »
January 30, 2012
Journalists launch new online resource for Medicare content
The Medicare NewsGroup is an independent resource for Medicare news, policy and legislation with original and curated content. CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is a contributing expert for the site, which aims to be a digital encyclopedia of Medicare for reporters, writers, bloggers, and editors who produce news and commentary on Medicare.
Recent Event
April 13, 2012
Healthcare Policy and Research: Can We Speak the Same Language?
Health Policy Symposium
Archived video of the symposium will be available soon.
April 30, 2012
Variation in Interventional Cardiac Care in Michigan
In The Media
The Washington Post 05/02/2012
NPR Shots Blog 05/02/2012
Kaiser Health News 05/02/2012
Lansing State Journal 04/30/2012
CHRT Issue Brief April 2012
An extensive body of research has identified and examined the wide geographic variation in Medicare utilization and spending in the United States. A small but growing number of studies also assess such variation in commercially insured populations. Our previous report on health care variation (CHRTBook: Health Care Variation in Michigan) described geographic variation in the use of cardiac procedures in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) members in Michigan. This report focuses on coronary revascularization procedures and explores possible explanations for variation in observed rates of these procedures in the BCBSM commercial enrollment.
December 16, 2011
ACA Coverage Flowchart
The Path to Health Care Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act in 2014
ACA Flowchart (2-Page Letter)
ACA Flowchart (Tabloid)Updated! Even as the U.S. Supreme Court considers constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), efforts continue at the state and federal levels to prepare for implementation of key provisions of the Act scheduled to take effect in 2014. This flow chart provides a high-level picture of the ways that people will obtain health coverage in 2014, assuming the Act is implemented as it exists today, reflecting the complexity of the public/private hybrid of U.S. healthcare coverage retained by the Act.
October 17, 2011
The Affordable Care Act and Its Effect on Midsize and Large Employers
CHRT Policy Brief October 2011
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes a number of provisions designed to increase the number of individuals with health insurance coverage. This policy brief focuses on midsize and large employers, to help illuminate provisions in the ACA most likely to affect them and suggest issues or questions for consideration as ACA implementation progresses.
June 20, 2011
Cover Michigan Survey 2011
In 2009, the Center for Healthcare Research & Transformation (CHRT) commissioned the first Cover Michigan Survey, to gain insight into the issue of health care access in Michigan. The report was released in March 2010. One of the most important conclusions of the Cover Michigan Survey was this: having health coverage is not synonymous with having access to health care. Many respondents—even those with health coverage—reported significant barriers to obtaining affordable care. This report presents the findings of the Cover Michigan Survey conducted in 2010, which was designed to delve deeper into key questions raised by the previous report.
April 28, 2011
Guide to State Requirements and Policy Choices in the Affordable Care Act
CHRT Policy Brief April 2011
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) requires the establishment of significant new state-level structures by the year 2014. This policy brief summarizes major requirements and policy choices for states between now and 2014, and describes other components of the ACA that do not involve state implementation but have state budgetary impacts.
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