Archive: In The Media
April 11, 2010
Crain's Detroit Business:
$600 million to fund research on best treatment methods
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips highlights the potential for Michigan researchers to compete for new Federal funding for research to study the effectiveness of medical technology, treatments and diagnostic procedures.
March 23, 2010
O'Neill Institute Legal Issues in Health Reform Blog:
Atlas Shrugged—So Did Wall Street
CHRT affiliated researcher Peter Jacobson (Safety Net project) speculates how the newly-passed national health care reform package could stimulate cultural shifts to achieve even deeper reforms than those included in the legislation, especially regarding cost control.
March 22, 2010
AnnArbor.com:
'Imperfect' health care reform will have mixed impact for Ann Arbor-area patients, experts say
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is among local experts offering opinions of the possible effects of the national health care reform plan passed by Congress on March 21.
March 22, 2010
Crain's Detroit Business:
Michigan’s business, health care leaders give mixed reaction to health care bill
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is featured in this examination of the impact of national health care reform on the Michigan health insurance market, especially for individuals and small businesses.
March 8, 2010
Lansing State Journal:
Health care survey: Advocates say results show need for reform
Report on CHRT's Cover Michigan Survey 2010.
Related CHRT Publication:
Cover Michigan Survey 2010 »
March 8, 2010
AnnArbor.com:
Health care coverage doesn't guarantee access, Ann Arbor research center finds
Report on CHRT's Cover Michigan Survey 2010.
Related CHRT Publication:
Cover Michigan Survey 2010 »
March 7, 2010
Crain's Detroit Business:
Rising costs have people with insurance delaying care – survey
Report on CHRT's Cover Michigan Survey 2010.
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Related CHRT Publication:
Cover Michigan Survey 2010 »
February 7, 2010
Crain's Detroit Business:
Rich in resources, rich in spending: Medicare costs higher here than in similar markets, U.S. average
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips comments on findings from the Dartmouth Atlas Project that show per-patient Medicare spending as higher in Southeast Michigan than statewide and U.S. averages
January 25, 2010
Detroit News:
Report shows preventive care may reduce spending
Report on CHRT's January 2010 issue brief "The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan."
Related CHRT Publication:
The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan »
January 25, 2010
University Record:
CHRT report examines cost burden of disease
Report on CHRT's January 2010 issue brief "The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan."
Related CHRT Publication:
The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan »
January 25, 2010
AnnArbor.com:
Better prevention could cut back in health care costs, Ann Arbor health research group finds
Report on CHRT's January 2010 issue brief "The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan."
Related CHRT Publication:
The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan »
January 24, 2010
Crain's Detroit Business:
Study: Better disease prevention programs needed
Report on CHRT's January 2010 issue brief "The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan."
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Related CHRT Publication:
The Cost Burden of Disease: U.S. and Michigan »
December 16, 2009
AnnArbor.com:
Ann Arbor-based research center: Michigan's health care spending lower than national average
Report on CHRT's December 2009 issue brief "Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer."
Related CHRT Publication:
Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer »
December 14, 2009
Detroit News:
Michigan health care spending below U.S. average
Report on CHRT's December 2009 issue brief "Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer."
Related CHRT Publication:
Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer »
December 14, 2009
Crain's Detroit Business:
Report: State's health costs rise slower than nation's
Report on CHRT's December 2009 issue brief "Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer."
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Related CHRT Publication:
Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer »
December 14, 2009
Detroit Free Press:
Michigan gets ahead of curve on health costs
Report on CHRT's December 2009 issue brief "Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer."
Related CHRT Publication:
Health Care Spending by Country, State and Payer »
September 15, 2009
Industry Today:
Here's to Your Health: Healthcare expert Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses the politics and policy of health reform, circa 2009
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips' comments on the challenging debate over health reform in the U.S.
August 27, 2009
New York Times:
Study Finds Radiation Risk for Patients
This New York Times reports on a study in the New England Journal of Medicine related to CHRT's demonstration project on radiology, aimed at improving health outcomes for patients with low back pain and avoiding the excess cost and potentially negative patient outcomes associated with over-utilization of high technology scanning.
Related CHRT Project:
Radiology »
August 17, 2009
Detroit Free Press:
Surgery offers bigger weight loss payoff
Drs. Nancy and John Birkmeyer, whose work in the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative was also featured in CHRT's CQI symposium, are quoted in this front page Free Press story.
Related CHRT Event:
Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQI) »
July 31, 2009
WGTE Public Media:
Deadline Now: Health Care Reform
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is featured along with Dr. Jeffrey Gold, Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Toledo, in a discussion of health reform on the July 31, 2009 edition of "Deadline Now" on Toledo's WGTE public media.
July 13, 2009
Wall Street Journal:
Slump Spreads to Health Care as Michigan Loses Auto Jobs
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips was interviewed extensively and the CHRT staff provided data (principally from Cover Michigan) for a comprehensive Wall Street Journal report on the challenges facing Michigan workers and retirees as the auto industry rapidly downsizes. State finances, losses and layoffs at health care providers and the prospects for basing economic recovery hopes on health care growth are among the effects considered.
Related CHRT Publication:
Cover Michigan 2009 »
June 18, 2009
Ann Arbor News:
New University of Michigan Health System leader faces financial challenge
In an Ann Arbor News profile introducing U-M's new executive VP for medical affairs Ora Hirsch Pescovitz and discussing the challenges facing the UMHS, CHRT is described as among the opportunities for the Health System to help shape health care reform by improving care, reducing errors and lowering cost.
June 11, 2009
Ann Arbor Business Review:
State health initiatives could provide national model
Report on initiatives discussed at CHRT's Collaborative Quality Initiatives symposium on June 4, 2009.
June 11, 2009
Ann Arbor Business Review:
State health initiatives could provide national model
On June 11, the Ann Arbor Business Review reported on the initiatives discussed at CHRT's CQI symposium.
Related CHRT Event:
Collaborative Quality Initiatives (CQI) »
May 22, 2009
Traverse City Record-Eagle:
Health care crisis hurts kids
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses how the health care crisis impacts children in her May 22, 2009, op-ed in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
May 22, 2009
Interlochen Public Radio:
Discussion of healthcare reform on Points North
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips discusses healthcare reform in Michigan on Points North from Interlochen Public Radio.
May 10, 2009
Michigan Radio:
CHRT board member Carmen Green on pain in cancer patients
CHRT board member Carmen Green spoke with Michigan Radio about the possible reasons that female and minority cancer patients are more likely than white males to suffer intense and frequent pain.
April 29, 2009
Commonwealth Fund:
CHRT Director Marianne Udow-Phillips comments on hospital payment reform
In a new column, Commonwealth Fund president Karen Davis and research associate Kristof Stremikis look at how our provider payment system leads to costly and potentially dangerous readmissions, and how a "global fee" covering a bundle of hospital and post-hospital services has great potential to improve care, reduce complications, and generate savings to finance health reform. The authors point out that President Obama, The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System, and U.S. Senate Finance Committee chair Max Baucus all recommend bundling hospital payments for inpatient care, as well as post-acute health services following hospitalization, as a way to realign financial incentives to encourage greater care coordination.
April 21, 2009
Detroit Free Press:
PCMH in the news
"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced plans today to designate and give higher reimbursement to doctors who participate in model patient care programs. A patient-centered medical home is a growing medical trend that designates physician practices that improve care..."
Related CHRT Project:
Patient Centered Medical Home »
March 18, 2009
MD Consult:
Quality Improvement Is Local
CHRT board member Skip Campbell's article in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons about the importance and effectiveness of face-to-face, local collaborations like the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative.
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March 8, 2009
Detroit Free Press:
Health-care reform: A shot in the arm for Detroit 3?
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips and vice-chair and U-M associate VP for medical affairs Dr. John E. Billi are quoted in a recent Detroit Free Press story about the potential for national health care reform to boost the recovery of Detroit's automakers.
February 26, 2009
Ann Arbor News:
University of Michigan, other hospitals bear greater financial burden in poor economy
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips is quoted and the Cover Michigan report is mentioned in a recent Ann Arbor News cover story about UMHS uncompensated care.
Related CHRT Publication:
Cover Michigan 2009 »
October 16, 2008
Health Affairs:
Cost And Coverage Implications Of The McCain Plan To Restructure Health Insurance
U-M Ross School of Business professor Thomas Buchmueller's take on the potential impacts of the candidates' health plans.
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September 30, 2008
Detroit Free Press:
Make health care costs part of economic cure
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips' op-ed.
September 29, 2008
Medscape:
Disparities in Pain Management: An Expert Interview With Carmen R. Green, MD
Interview with CHRT board member Carmen Green.
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April 27, 2008
Ann Arbor News:
Other Voices
CHRT director Marianne Udow-Phillips' op-ed.
(No longer available online)
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