News Briefing on Initial Findings from HSC's Fifth Round of Site Visits to 12 Communities 8/24/2005
Center for Studying Health Systems Change, Washington, D.C.
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The Center for Studying Health System Change releases an issue brief, Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access Problems, based on interviews with representatives of health plans, hospitals, physician organizations, employers, consumer advocates and policy makers. The 12 profiled cities are Boston; Cleveland; Greenville, S.C.; Indianapolis; Lansing, Mich.; Little Rock, Ark.; Miami; northern New Jersey; Orange County, Calif.; Phoenix; Seattle and Syracuse, N.Y. According to initial findings, many developments in local health care markets appear to be setting the stage for additional health care cost increases and access-to-care problems.
Speakers:
- Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., president, Center for Studying Health Systems Change
- Hoangmai Pham, M.D., senior researcher, Center for Studying Health Systems Change
- Carmela Coyle, Ph.D., senior vice president for policy, American Hospital Association
- Donald Fisher, Ph.D., C.A.E., president and CEO, American Medical Group Association
- Karen Ignagni, president and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
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