The Next Generation of Incentives to Help Doctors Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Care
To improve decision-making at the health care provider level, policies that blend financial and non-financial incentives are being developed and tested. A new initiative called Incentives 2.0 is exploring this new type of payment reform. Hear from Anne-Marie Audet, M.D., and Mark Zezza, Ph.D., of the Commonwealth Fund and Kevin Volpp, M.D., Ph.D., of The University of Pennsylvania.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - October 31, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
How Information Technology Is Changing the Way Health Care Is Delivered
Learn how health IT can dramatically change health care delivery by improving communication and saving time—and can even save lives by providing key information at the right time.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - July 18, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Making Sure People in Every State Have the Help They Need to Get Covered
Navigators are hired to help the public sign up for and choose a health insurance policy through online exchanges, or marketplaces, established by the Affordable Care Act. But some states have laws or regulations that are making it hard for navigators to perform this important role.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - June 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Looking for Breakthrough Opportunities in Health Care
As the nation moves to provide high-quality care for more people at lower cost, the pressure is on to provide real value. A new Commonwealth Fund program on breakthrough opportunities in health care intends to zoom in on new and unconventional ways of delivering care.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - May 15, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
A Health Insurance Solution for Small Businesses
About one-quarter of American workers are employed by companies with fewer than 50 people on the payroll, and until now, insurers have charged these employers more for health insurance. In this episode, The Commonwealth Fund's Sara Collins and grantee Jon Gabel explain how the Affordable Care Act has ended that practice, and given employers the ability to offer their workers a choice of affordable plans.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - March 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Investing in the Health Care of Undocumented Workers
The 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States are excluded from all provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Find out why improving access to care for these workers could benefit all Americans.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - August 15, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Improving the Way Medicare Pays for Care
Today, Medicare pays health care providers based the number of services they provide, rather than the quality of that care. Sandy Hausman talks with Commonwealth Fund vice president Stuart Guterman and Michael Chernew of Harvard Medical School about how to reform Medicare payment in an effort to control health care spending growth while improving care.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - March 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Shared Decision-Making in Health Care
The use of health care decision aids such as multimedia programs, videos, and even brochures can help patients become more engaged with their care, and lead to better health outcomes and lower health care costs.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - February 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Preventing Unnecessary Hospitalizations for Nursing Home Residents
A promising new program has reduced the number of hospitalizations among nursing home residents, sparing them unnecessary risk and saving significant amounts of money. Learn more about The Commonwealth Fund–supported INTERACT program, which helps nursing home staff identify problems early.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - October 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Understanding the Health Insurance Exchanges: One-Stop Shopping for Affordable Coverage
The new state-based health insurance exchanges, established under the Affordable Care Act, are where individuals, families, and small businesses will be able to buy affordable private health insurance starting in 2014. In this episode, Sandy Hausman interviews experts Sara Collins, Timothy Jost, and Sara Rosenbaum about how the exchanges will work and whom they will help.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - August 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Why Accountable Care Is a Game Changer
"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.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - May 18, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Improving Health Care Across Communities
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.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - March 14, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
What Health Reform Means for Safety Net Providers
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.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - January 19, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums Double but Affordable Care Act to Reverse Trend
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.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - November 17, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
Dual Eligibles: Coordinating Care for People with Medicare and Medicaid
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.
(Source: New Directions in Health Care)
Source: New Directions in Health Care - October 20, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The Commonwealth Fund Source Type: podcasts
