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Don’t Let the New Kidney Health Initiative Fade from View
As a kidney doctor and health policy researcher, I am surprised that President Donald Trump’s initiative to remake kidney treatment has not gotten more attention. We need to keep paying attention because so much is at stake.
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Rep. Ruiz’s Arbitration Proposal for Surprise Billing (H.R. 3502) Would Lead to Much Higher Costs and Deficits
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative researchers review the latest proposed legislation from Representative Ruiz on surprise medical billing.
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‘Meaningful Use’ of Cost-Measurement Systems — Incentives for Health Care Providers
How can lawmakers build on the U.S. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009? USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative Director Paul Ginsburg shares his thoughts in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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CMS’s International Pricing Model for Medicare Part B Drugs: Implementation Issues
To lower the Part B portion of drug spending, the Trump Administration has proposed a demonstration project tying Medicare reimbursement for outpatient, physician-administered drugs to international prices. Paul Ginsburg and Steven Lieberman explore the potential consequences of such a rule.
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We Need More Primary Care Physicians: Here’s Why and How
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative researchers explain why we need more primary care physicians and how to close the gap between primary care and specialty medicine.
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Federal Surprise Billing Legislation Does Not Violate the Constitution
USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative Fellow Christen Young breaks down the Constitutional challenges raised against surprise billing legislation and why they are likely to fail.
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Book Review: Immunotherapy’s Promise
Jakub Hlávka reviews a new book on the future of cancer treatments that he writes “[offers] a hopeful account of medical research that could, one day, save even more lives.”
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Untangling Differences in Quality of Care in Medicare Advantage Versus Traditional Medicare Programs
Neeraj Sood and a colleague discuss measuring and interpreting differences in quality of care for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries compared to those enrolled in traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
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Insurance Status Churn and Auto-Enrollment
Sobin Lee and Christen Linke Young of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative estimate how effective prior-month data about the uninsured would be in predicting the number of individuals currently uninsured.
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Here’s How We Can Control Drug Costs While Spurring Innovation
It’s time to bring back the U.S. Federal Office of Technology Assessment with a sharper focus on medical innovation, writes USC Schaeffer Center Director Dana Goldman in The Hill.
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