Topics Quote of the Day Short Definition Definition goes here. 499 items Posts pagination Newer 1 … 24 25 26 27 28 … 50 Older Private agent vs. social planner in COVID-19 mitigation April 16, 2020 Post By Callum J. Jones, Thomas Philippon, Venky Venkateswaran National Bureau of Economic Research, April 2020 We study the response of an economy to an unexpected epidemic. Households mitigate the spread of the disease by reducing consumption, reducing hours worked, and working from home. Working from home is subject to learning-by-doing and the capacity of the […] Quote of the Day ACO wonks stumbling through the pandemic April 15, 2020 Post By William K. Bleser, Elizabeth Singletary, Hannah L. Crook, Jonathan Gonzalez-Smith, Robert S. Saunders, Mark B. McClellan Health Affairs Blog, April 14, 2020 The purpose of this two-part Health Affairs Blog post is to summarize impacts, issues, and policy implications due to the coronavirus pandemic for the largest payment reform program in the country: accountable […] Quote of the Day Financial Times on the social contract April 14, 2020 Post Radical reforms are required to forge a society that will work for all By The Editorial Board Financial Times, April 3, 2020 Beyond defeating the disease, the great test all countries will soon face is whether current feelings of common purpose will shape society after the crisis. As western leaders learnt in the Great Depression, […] Quote of the Day COVID-19: The swan song of ACOs April 13, 2020 Post By Maria Castellucci Modern Healthcare, April 13, 2020 Most accountable care organizations taking on downside risk in the Medicare Shared Savings Program are considering dropping out due to concerns they will suffer financial losses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new survey. Fifty-six percent of risk-bearing ACOs said in a survey from […] Quote of the Day Malcolm Gladwell: The lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic April 10, 2020 Post Munk Dialogue, April 9, 2020 Rudyard Griffiths: What do you think will be the best thing coming out of this? Malcolm Gladwell: If I had to identify the best thing that could come out of this, it is a resurgence in the profile and importance of the public health community. If you look back on […] Quote of the Day Beware the ACO enablers April 9, 2020 Post By Maria Castellucci Modern Healthcare, March 21, 2020 While Caravan Health, one of the consulting firms typically called ACO enablers, is taking on all the downside risk for some of its customers, other companies have long baked into their business model that they will take on some of it, sometimes half or more, depending on […] Quote of the Day UnitedHealth, Cigna sued for underpaying out-of-network providers April 8, 2020 Post By Shelby Livingston Modern Healthcare, April 6, 2020 Several behavioral health providers and patients sued UnitedHealth Group and Cigna subsidiaries for allegedly underpaying the providers for out-of-network claims, leaving patients with massive medical bills. The lawsuits, filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, claim that United Behavioral Health […] Quote of the Day COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of health insurance April 7, 2020 Post By Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH; David U. Himmelstein, MD Annals of Internal Medicine, April 7, 2020 During the final week of March 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that a record number of workers—6.648 million—filed new claims for unemployment benefits. That beat the previous record of 3.307 million filings, which was set the week […] Quote of the Day Fate of commercial insurance under the COVID-19 pandemic April 6, 2020 Post Covered California, March 22, 2020 This policy/actuarial brief provides projections and models the potential costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) testing and treatment on the national commercial health insurance markets (individual, small and large group employers — including both those employers that are insured and self-funded). There are additional cost and access implications for Medicare, Medicaid, […] Quote of the Day What we can learn from health insurance coverage in the construction industry April 3, 2020 Post By Samantha Brown, M.P.H., Raina D. Brooks, M.P.H., and Xiuwen Sue Dong, Dr.P.H. The Center for Construction Research and Training, Data Bulletin, April 2020 This Data Bulletin examines the latest trends in health insurance coverage among construction workers, using data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) of the Current Population Survey (CPS), a […] Quote of the Day Posts pagination Newer 1 … 24 25 26 27 28 … 50 Older More questions about this topic?Chat with our Ai Bot!
