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By Sara Schmitt (CHI) and Edie Sonn (CIVHC)
Changing how we pay for health care – the process of moving from the current fee-for-service, pay-for-volume method to paying instead for quality and value – takes time and effort.
The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) and the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) collaborated on a report that examines strategies to reform the health care payment system, shows how the new models are being used in Colorado and discusses their potential impact on improving quality and controlling costs.
While opponents are clearly unified in their continued efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act, it is less clear what they are proposing as an alternative. A recent trip I took to the Woodstock for health services research geeks – otherwise known as AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting – offered clues.
How is care coordination currently being implemented in Colorado? CHI presented findings from more than 20 key informant interviews with health care providers, care coordinators and RCCO executives at a recent Safety Net Advisory Committee (SNAC) Lab.
When my fellowship at CHI began last month, I decided to quickly learn the jargon by writing new health terms on sticky notes and putting them above my desk. As someone who has always had a keen interest in public health, even I found that learning to speak “health” is no easier than college Spanish.
Next on the agenda for Colorado, now that the health reform law has been ruled constitutional, is selecting the essential health benefit benchmark plan. Sara Schmitt blogs about why this decision is so important.
Olympic athletes haven't been the only ones facing big hurdles this year. The ACA will have to overcome its share of challenges on the way to implementation.
Twenty-one days in the hospital for our two-year-old provided a new appreciation for the skills and dedication of a wide range of doctors, nurses and other medical professionals. It was also a first-hand demonstration of the role family caregivers can play in making sure that health care is coordinated.
A look at how the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act will affect Colorado’s health care system.
CHI’s newest issue brief, The Supreme Court Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Colorado, explores the impact of the decision—both the questions it answered and the questions it didn’t.