Topic: Elliott Fisher
When it comes to economic threats to our country, President Obama says nothing even comes close to spiraling health care costs, expected to hit $2.5 trillion this year. Elliott Fisher and his colleagues at Dartmouth Medical School have shown that medical ...
How much money could health-care reform save the average American family? But the total savings that should be wrung out of America's health-care system is probably closer to 100 times that amount.. Whatever the plan's merits, its disputed savings is ...
Yet around the country are hospitals and health systems like Geisinger that President Barack Obama calls "islands of excellence," places quietly trying innovative changes to improve patient care at below-average prices.Places like: That has Medicare paying about $18,000 for the ...
But one Medicare delivery reform term that has recently caught the attention of Congress may be a new one to most.. The accountable care organization is one of the latest designs for managing Medicare that is gaining traction among policymakers desperate to ...
With Congress in recess, this is a good time to reflect on where healthcare reform is heading and what our lawmakers should do when they return.. Some leading health policy experts-people like Elliott Fisher, Karen Davis, Don Berwick, Len Nichols, and Mark ...
A homework assignment from President Barack Obama is turning into a credibility test for medical providers.Obama, once a law professor, has instructed the health care industry to come back with specifics on its pledge to slow rising costs, helping to save ...
Congressional Democrats face formidable challenges in their efforts to pass health care reform legislation by July 31, but physicians can take the lead to ensure changes are enacted, according to two perspectives published online May 20 in the New England Journal of ...
Listen long enough to the health system reform debate heating up on Capitol Hill and you're bound to hear a striking figure: The highest-spending regions in the U.S. provide significantly more care to Medicare patients without a corresponding increase in ...
When it comes to economic threats to our country, President Obama says nothing even comes close to spiraling health care costs, expected to hit $2.5 trillion this year. Elliott Fisher and his colleagues at Dartmouth Medical School have shown that medical ...
The 'medical home' model, whereby patients can enjoy coordinated primary care within a patient-centered practice model, must overcome several obstacles in order to succeed, according to an article published in the Sept. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.. Elliott ...
