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CMS Administrator Seema Verma Discusses Prescription for Sustaining US Healthcare System at Schaeffer Initiative Event
CMS Administrator spoke at a USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative event in Washington, D.C., to discuss modernizing Medicare and how to protect patients from overpaying for prescription drugs.
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Analyzing Senator Hassan’s Binding Arbitration Approach To Preventing Surprise Medical Bills
Following the introduction of the “No More Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2018,” USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy experts analyze what the legislation could mean for patients if signed into law.
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Proposition 3 Could Provide New Resources for Utahns with Diabetes
An overlooked factor in the debate over Proposition 3 is the impact that an expansion of Utah’s Medicaid program would have on the state’s diabetes epidemic, argues Rebecca Myerson in an op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune.
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Comments on CMS’s Proposed Rule, “Medicare Shared Savings Program; Accountable Care Organizations–Pathways to Success”
Schaeffer fellow Matthew Fiedler submitted a comment letter to Centers the for Medicare and Medicaid Services on proposed rule changes to the Medicare Shared Savings Program. Some proposals may result in cost-savings and greater efficiencies, Fiedler recommends additional analysis in a number of areas.
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Do Price Spikes on Some Generic Drugs Indicate Problems in the Generics Market?
Despite the overall success of the generic drug market, sudden price hikes are becoming more common according to new Schaeffer Center study
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Sood Contributes to National Academies’ Report, Finding up to 8 Million Die from Poor Quality Healthcare in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Sood served as the expert health economist for the Committee on Improving the Quality of Health Care Globally.
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Analyzing New Bipartisan Federal Legislation Limiting Surprise Medical Bills
The Schaeffer Initiative researchers discuss bipartisan draft legislation that some say marks an important step forward in putting an end to surprise medical bills nationwide.
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Payment and Delivery-System Reform — The Next Phase
In The New England Journal of Medicine, Paul Ginsburg discusses the next phase of value-based payment systems and how healthcare payers and purchasers can ensure providers’ past investments become permanent reforms to the payment and care delivery process.
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Blame Emergency Rooms for the Out-of-Control Cost of Health Care
Glenn Melnick argues hospital groups and public policy are to blame for exorbitant emergency room costs for patients in an op-ed for The New York Times.
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Trump Might Actually Lower Drug Prices
Dana Goldman and Anupam Jena write in The Washington Post that the Trump administration may succeed in lowering drug prices by fostering competition and innovation, and possibly ending kickbacks in the supply chain.
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