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State Watch - Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell Announces Proposal To Expand Health Care, Improve Quality, Reduce Costs
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on Wednesday announced a proposal that would expand access to health care services, improve quality and reduce the state's health costs, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Worden/Goldstein, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/18). The 'Prescription for Pennsylvania' proposal would phase
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2007-01-19

Administration News - President Bush To Sign Executive Order Requiring Four Federal Agencies To Compile, Share Health Care Quality, Price Data
President Bush is scheduled to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would require HHS, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management to collect more information about the quality and cost of health care they provide and share that data with each other
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2006-08-22

Capitol Hill Watch - Sens. Baucus, Grassley Release Memo on Payment Reform, Improving Health Care Quality
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday released a 48-page document outlining a number of health reform proposals, including payment reform and quality improvement, the Los Angeles Times reports (Levey, Los Angeles Times, 4/29). The committee
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2009-04-29

The Latest Reports in Health Policy - Reports Examine MA Plan Payment System, Health Care Quality, Disparities; JAMA Commentary Discusses 'Shared Responsibility'
'From Politics to Policy: A New Payment Approach in Medicare Advantage,' Health Affairs: In the Web exclusive, Robert Berenson, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who headed health plan contracting at CMS from 1998 to 2000, proposes a new method of setting benchmarks against which MA plans bid. Berenson
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2008-03-05

State Watch - Report Finds Variations in Louisiana Health Care Services Before Hurricanes
There were significant variations in the cost, quality and utilization of health care services in Louisiana before hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to a report commissioned by Tulane University, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports. The report was funded by a grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Lo
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2007-11-09

Opinion - Patient Satisfaction Not Best Indication of Quality of Care, Opinion Piece States
The argument that the 'best way to improve the quality and restrain the cost of health care is to make the market for health care more like the market for everything else' is based on the erroneous 'belief that health care is -- in most respects -- like any other product,' columnist David Wessel writes in a
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2006-09-07

Administration News - Bush Signs Executive Order Aiming To Boost Transparency of Health Services Prices, Quality
President Bush on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires HHS, the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management to collect more information about the quality and cost of health care they provide and to share that data with one another and with benef
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2006-08-23

Coverage & Access - Coalition of National Organizations Urges Steps to Reduce Health Care Costs, Improve Quality
A coalition of 28 national organizations, such as AFL-CIO, Consumers Union and CDC, has formed the National Priorities Partnership, a group that seeks to reduce health care costs and improve quality of care, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The group says progress can be made even in the absence of gove
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2008-11-18

State Watch - UnitedHealth Group Reaches Agreement With New York State on Physician Ranking System, Transparency
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) on Tuesday announced that UnitedHealth Group has agreed to accept his office's recommendations on the standards that should be applied in creating a physician ranking program, the AP/Albany Times Union reports. The insurer had planned to offer a physician rank
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2007-11-21

Coverage & Access - CEOs of Big Three Automakers Meet With President Bush To Discuss Health Care Costs, Trade Issues
President Bush on Tuesday met with the CEOs of General Motors, Ford and the Chrysler Group to discuss the future of the U.S. automobile industry amid health care cost and trade concerns, the AP/Detroit News reports. GM Chair and CEO Rick Wagoner, Ford CEO Alan Mulally, and Chrysler President and CEO Tom LaSo
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2006-11-15