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The Surge in Urgent Care Centers: Emergency Department …

WebAs the U.S. health care system grapples with strained hospital emergency department (ED) capacity in some areas, primary care clinician shortages and rising health care costs, …

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NIHCRPutting the Union Label on Health Benefits: Collective …

WebHow Collective Bargaining Shapes Health Benefits. While the influence of collective bargaining on health coverage takes different forms, there are generally three common …

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Health Care Certificate-of-Need (CON) Laws: Policy or Politics

WebOriginally intended to ensure access to care, maintain or improve quality, and control capital expenditures on health care services and facilities, the certificate-of-need …

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NIHCRPutting the Union Label on Health Benefits: Collective …

WebIn both cases, health benefits are included in contract negotiations along with wages and other benefits. The study’s findings are detailed in a new NIHCR Research …

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NIHCRHigh-Intensity Primary Care: Lessons for Physician and …

WebExamples of High-Intensity Primary Care Programs Freestanding Programs. AtlantiCare Special Care Center (SCC), southern New Jersey, is a medical clinic owned and staffed …

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Health Care Certificate-of-Need (CON) Laws: Policy or Politics

WebWASHINGTON, D.C.—Originally intended to ensure access to care, maintain or improve quality, and control capital expenditures on health care services and …

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NIHCRNorthern New Jersey Health Care Market Reflects Urban …

WebWASHINGTON , DC—Northern New Jersey is a community of contrasts with affluent suburbs and financially strong health care providers juxtaposed against the …

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NIHCRReference Pricing: A Small Piece of the Health Care Price …

WebReference Pricing: A Small Piece of the Health Care Price and Quality Puzzle. The negotiated prices that private health plans pay for hospital and other health care …

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NIHCRAddressing Hospital Pricing Leverage through Regulation: …

WebHospital Price Growth. In 2000, hospital prices paid by private insurers on average exceeded hospitals’ costs by 16 percent—by 2009, that gap had grown to 34 percent …

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NIHCRNational Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR)

WebThe National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR) contracted with the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) between 2009 and 2013 to conduct health …

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Location, Location, Location: Hospital Outpatient Prices Much

WebAverage hospital outpatient department prices for common imaging, colonoscopy and laboratory services can be double the price for identical services provided in a …

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NIHCRMatching Supply to Demand: Addressing the U.S. Primary …

WebFurther, an analysis of the aging U.S. population found that another 35,000 to 44,000 adult primary care providers may be needed by 2025. 2. Though the health reform law …

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State Benefit Mandates and National Health Reform

WebThe 2010 national health reform law requires states to pay for mandated benefits for certain insured people if the mandates exceed a minimum package of covered services, known …

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NIHCRPhysician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for

WebPhysician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing Readmissions. NIHCR Research Brief No. 6. December 2011. Anna Sommers and Peter J. Cunningham. Print …

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Policy Options to Encourage Patient-Physician Shared Decision …

WebThe MedEncentive program offers copayment rebates—$5 to $30—to patients who use Web-based decision aids, as well as incentives for physicians to engage in SDM. 29 …

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After-Hours Access to Primary Care Practices Linked with Lower

WebThe National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR) contracted with the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) between 2009 and 2013 to conduct health …

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NIHCRLimiting Tax Breaks for Employer-Sponsored Health …

WebAmong the most expensive “but nearly invisible” federal expenditures is the roughly $250 billion 1 annual tax break for employer-sponsored health insurance. Under current law, …

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NIHCREmployer Wellness Initiatives Grow Rapidly, but …

WebNot all employers with wellness programs provide health coaching, but most experts believed that effective coaching is essential to improving health behaviors. According to …

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