Hospitals and Health Systems
Our work in Hospitals and Health Systems
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Policy Approaches to Improve Access to Palliative Care
Join the Schaeffer Center for a discussion about how increased access to palliative care has the potential to improve quality of life for patients and their families and increase value of care provided. The experts will also discuss policy approaches to making palliative care accessible across healthcare settings and populations.
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More than 7 in 10 L.A. County Adults Were Vaccinated or Had COVID Antibodies Before Delta and Omicron Surges
A new USC study shows herd immunity is unlikely to happen.
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Comments on No Surprises Act Rulemaking: Part II
Loren Adler, Matthew Fiedler, and Benedic Ippolito offered comments on an interim final rule (IFR) issued by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury that implements portions of the surprise billing provisions included in the No Surprises Act.
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Patient and Physician Perspectives On Engaging in Palliative and Healthcare Trials: A Qualitative Descriptive Study
Researchers are encountering increasing challenges in recruiting participants for palliative and healthcare research. This paper aims to understand challenges to and methods for engaging physicians and seriously ill patients and their caregivers in research studies.
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Two Decades Later, Uptake of Less Invasive Valve Replacement for Heart Disease Remains Low Despite Billions in Social Value
The USC Schaeffer white paper illustrates procedure’s benefits for older Americans yet uptake remains low.
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The Social Value of Disseminating Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has facilitated treatment of aortic stenosis in patients otherwise ineligible for corrective surgery or who are reluctant to undergo open-heart surgery. Schaeffer Center experts estimate the social value of past and future TAVR procedures.
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Do Medicare’s Facility Fees Incentivize Hospitals to Vertically Integrate with Oncologists?
A new paper examining whether or not hospitals strategically choose to vertically integrate with clinical oncologists in order to capture facility fees, a commonly cited reason for increased consolidation in the healthcare market.
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Precision Medicine: Moving Theory into Practice
Over a four-part webinar series, Schaeffer Center will bring together experts to discuss how we can move precision medicine from theory to practice.
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Developing Effective Payment and Reimbursement Models
Targeted therapies can come with significant costs. But successful use of personalized medicine can also result in better healthcare outcomes and reduced long-term costs over time. Given this, how we pay for these therapies may require new approaches and models.
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Using Precision Medicine in Clinical Practice
Despite its promise and multimillion dollar federal investments, the development and implementation of precision medicine in routine clinical care continues to be slow. How can we translate theory into practice?