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Center for Studying Health System Change
Mar. 15, 2006
Excerpt: The decade saw the rapid rise and hard fall of tightly managed care and a great deal of delivery system organizational change in response to both developments.
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Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., of the Center for Studying Health System Change and the National Institute for Health Care Reform
June 20, 2013
"To date, most policy activity related to health care price transparency has missed the mark and has not achieved the prime goal of lowering prices by engaging consumers to choose providers on the basis of value. Without changes in insurance benefit designs that steer patients to high-value providers -- those that provide high-quality care efficiently -- price transparency initiatives are likely to continue to have limited impact."
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Center for Studying Health System Change
Dec. 18, 2008
Excerpt: Financial pressures on families from medical bills increase sharply when out-of-pocket spending for health care services exceeds 2.5 percent of family income, according to a new national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC).
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Center for Studying Health System Change
June 4, 2008
Statement of Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., President, Center for Studying Health System Change, Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on 'Rising Costs, Low Quality in Health Care: The Necessity for Reform
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Center for Studying Health System Change
Feb. 25, 2008
Excerpt: Findings from a study of stakeholder perspectives on participation in four HIEs by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) and the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation suggest, however, that barriers to achieving data exchange remain high. Concerns about loss of competitive advantage and data misuse impede provider and health plan willingness to contribute patient data. Additionally, uncertainty about who benefits from HIEs is affecting stakeholder willingness to fund the exchanges.
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Center for Studying Health System Change
Oct. 4, 2007
Excerpt: Little has changed in local health care markets since 2005 to break the cycle of rising costs, falling insurance coverage and widening access inequities, according to initial findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2007 site visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities.
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Center for Studying Health System Change
May 11, 2006
Statement of Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., President, Center for Studying Health System Change, before the Congress of the United States Joint Economic Committee May 10, 2006, hearing on 'The Next Generation of Health Information Tools for Consumers
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Center for Studying Health System Change
June 4, 2008
Excerpt: Despite an acknowledged lack of evidence of investment payoff, health plan initiatives to promote health and wellness are now commonplace, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2007 site visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities. Much of the impetus has come from employers -- primarily large employers -- that are incorporating health and wellness activities into benefit designs that place more responsibility on employees for health care decisions and costs.
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Center for Studying Health System Change
Aug. 25, 2005
Excerpt: Many developments in local health care markets appear to be setting the stage for additional health care cost increases and access-to-care problems, according to initial findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2005 site visits to 12 nationally representative communities.
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Center for Studying Health System Change
Aug. 28, 2008
Excerpt: Responding to large employers' interest in greater health care price and quality transparency, health plans are developing consumer tools to compare price and quality information across hospitals and physicians, but the tools' pervasiveness and usefulness are limited, according to findings from the Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 2007 site visits to 12 nationally representative metropolitan communities.
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