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AF4Q Hospital Initiatives Press Release

health care issues facing our country. As the nation’s largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health ... (AF4Q), the Foundation’s signature effort to improve the quality of health care in 16 targeted communities ... “We know that in every community across America, hospitals are delivering both good health care and ...

Jul 25,2012

Cost: Measurement and Data Sources

data when purchasing health care services or procedures. Unfortunately, consumer access to cost ... most useful when paired with specific health plan benefits because it enables informed point-of-care ... Cost is usually unclear because providers charge for health care based on what the payers—usually ...

May 14,2015

A Customized Approach

greater value from the health care system. Alliances have found employer engagement to be difficult and ... health care market. Market dynamics are also at play that affect how much negotiating strength employers ... care system. Some negotiate with health plans about their coverage or benefit decisions, others work ...

May 14,2015

Alliances, are working to improve consumer awareness of and interest in health care quality and motivating ... comprehensive picture of how well medical practices are providing patient-centered care. Publicly reporting such ... in on the issues they need to address and weigh their options given their shared goals and ...

Jan 29,2014

Price Transparency: Alternative Approaches to Collecting and Providing Price Information to Consumers

value-based decision making and control increases in health care spending. Across the country, a range of ... important component of strategies to promote value-based decision making and control increases in health care spending. Across the country, a range of private- and public sector efforts to increase price ...

   

Breakout 6 - Paying for Value

ALIGN - A Summit on Increasing Value in Health Care ... increasingly interested in assessing and buying value in health care based on information about quality and ... variations in price, utilization, and quality. To address these issues, the Washington Health Alliance ...

Jul 07,2014

Diagnosing Depression

of care for its residents with chronic diseases by working with the provider community and empowering people to take charge of their health. West Michigan is addressing challenging issues like depression and ... (ICSI), primary care doctors detect depression in patients only about 50 percent of the time. ...

Aug 08,2013

National Meeting, November 2011 (Washington D.C.)

Program Office Opening Plenary: Information-Insights-Action: Bringing Scale to Health Care ... Health Care Costs Mike Painter, RWJF (welcome and introduction) bio Andrew Webber, ... Alliance bio Vince Kerr, United Health Care bio Karthik Shyam, AIR  bio | ...

Mar 28,2012

National Meeting, November 2011 (Washington, DC)

Program Office Opening Plenary: Information-Insights-Action: Bringing Scale to Health Care ... Health Care Costs Mike Painter, RWJF (welcome and introduction) bio Andrew Webber, ... Alliance bio Vince Kerr, United Health Care bio Karthik Shyam, AIR  bio | ...

May 24,2012

Privacy Policy

Health Care Quality The George Washington University Medical Center School of Public Health and Health Services 2021 K St, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 We can ... (RWJF) to help them contact visitors for marketing purposes, disclosed when legally required to do so, at ...

Aug 22,2011

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