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Medicare Advantage: Better Information Tools, Better Beneficiary Choices, Better Competition
Since the 1970s, and codified in the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, Medicare beneficiaries have had the choice of receiving their Medicare benefits through private health plans instead of the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare program administered by the federal government. The policy thrust of private plan participation in Medicare is that competition […]
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Improving Bundled Payments in the Medicare Program
John Romley and Paul Ginsburg look at three ways to improve the effectiveness of bundled payment systems.
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A Proposal to Enhance Competition and Reform Bidding in the Medicare Advantage Program
Schaeffer Initiative researchers propose two key changes to the MA bidding process to lower prices and enhance choice for consumers.
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Seminar Series: Carrie Colla
Carrie Colla is a health economist and an associate professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Her presentation will be on "Learning for Medicare ACOs: Policy to Practice."
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Improving The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Make It Part Of Value-Based Payment
To make greater strides towards value-based payment models in Medicare, Paul Ginsburg recommends that those who are testing alternative payment models at CMS should work directly with the team managing the existing fee-for-service payment system.
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Reforming Stark/Anti-Kickback Policies
On January 30, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Eric Hargan will visit Brookings to deliver remarks on reforming Stark/anti-kickback policies. After delivering his prepared remarks there will be a panel discussion including Kimberly Brandt from CMS.
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Medicare Graduate Medical Education Funding is Not Addressing the Primary Care Shortage: We Need a Radically Different Approach
Schaeffer Initiative experts evaluate the impact of Medicare funding for hospitals, physicians and medical education on specialty selection by new doctors.
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23nd Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Healthcare Roundtable
Paul Ginsburg will discuss what the latest market developments mean for national health policy and how federal policies may affect the outlook for healthcare companies with Wall Street analysts.
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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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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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