Improving Bundled Payments in the Medicare Program
John Romley and Paul Ginsburg look at three ways to improve the effectiveness of bundled payment systems.
Controlling Tuberculosis in Cambodia: Solutions from Listening to Patient and Community Views
Strengthening of primary (horizontal) health services for TB diagnosis and treatment in Cambodia are essential to improve perceptions and trust in the wider health system and to enhance tuberculosis control.
How Would Health Market Changes Affect Patient Care? Trish Shares Research with Policymakers
Trish informs policymakers at the state and federal level about market trends.
Congress Should Replace Medicare’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published at Health Affairs Blog on February 26, 2018. In 2015, Congress passed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) on a strong bipartisan vote. In addition to repealing the Sustainable Growth Rate formula that was used to set the level of physician payment rates, MACRA changed the…
Through the Lens of Populism: The 2016 Election
This blog discusses how populist beliefs and disagreement with evidence-based statements vary by favored presidential candidate, political party, region of the country, and who won the election.
Three Federal Actions That May Address Surprise Bills
Schaeffer Initiative researchers explain the details of each action, and discuss the merits, risks, and limitations of these reforms.
The Essential Scan: Top Findings in Health Policy Research | Edition 22
What’s the latest in health policy research? The Essential Scan, produced by the Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, aims to help keep you informed on the latest research and what it means for policymakers.
US Among the Top Nations for Healthy Aging in New Global Aging Index
The U.S. is among the top-ranked countries for healthy aging.
Pharmacists With Greater Role Curtail Repeat Hospital Visits
Amid state and federal discussions to address doctor shortages, a USC-led study is part of a growing body of research indicating that an expansion of pharmacists’ roles is a potential solution.
Cognitive Ability and Financial Capability
We know that income and education are positively associated with financial capability, but we understand less about the impact of other underlying factors, such as motivation, self-control and propensity to plan. This blog post considers one of these factors, cognitive ability, and discusses how financial decisions and wellbeing vary with cognition within income and education groups.
Key Takeaways From the Final MACRA Rule, Plus Remaining Challenges
There are three important takeaways from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services final rule on implementation of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
Comments on CMS’s proposed rule for implementation of MACRA provisions
Paul Ginsburg and his colleagues suggest three ways in which CMS can further achieve its stated goal to “expand the opportunities for participation in APMs” by better supporting providers’ transition under MACRA.
Experts Call for Better Coordination to Boost End-of-Life Care in California
A fragmented health system and perverse financial incentives are major barriers to getting patients the care they need and desire.
The Essential Scan: Top Findings in Health Policy Research | Edition 3
What’s the latest in health policy research? The Essential Scan, produced by the Schaeffer Initiative for Innovation in Health Policy, aims to help keep you informed on the latest research and what it means for policymakers.
How the Money Flows Under MACRA
In this piece, the researchers offer a glimpse into the potential financial changes in physician payment based on the proposed rule.
A Comprehensive Strategy for Primary Care Payment Reform in Medicare
The CPC+ACO model should be evaluated now as a possible path for smaller, independent physician practices.
Physician Payment in Medicare is Changing: Three Highlights in the MACRA Proposed Rule That Providers Need to Know
The newly released proposed rule provides answers regarding the specifics of implementation of MIPS and the APM incentives.
Finding an Answer to the Hepatitis C Cost Conundrum
We need to shift our treatment strategy to one that treats patients at the optimal time, thereby maximizing the treatment’s effectiveness and controlling costs for payers.
The Ideal Survey Software Package
This seemingly innocent question is likely to elicit as much consensus as disagreement among those of us who are in the business of collecting data. Here at the Center for Economic and Social Research at the University of Southern California we have been working hard at developing our own version of an advanced survey software solution, which we have dubbed NubiS.
Treating 5 percent of hepatitis C patients with new drugs would reduce cost and infections, study shows
The health care system would save more lives and money if patients were treated with the latest drugs earlier, researchers at USC and other institutions find.