Spotlight on South Central Pennsylvania

Hospitalizations Cost & Efficiency ... costs. These patients make frequent trips to hospital emergency rooms or have repeated inpatient hospital stays, resulting in costly health care, but not necessarily good-quality care. Super-utilizers often have ...

Jan 20,2015

delivery systems, increased public reporting, and lowered costs in 16 communities across the country. ...

May 18,2015

Quality Field Notes: Public Reporting

successfully transformed health care delivery systems, increased public reporting, and lowered costs in 16 ...

May 18,2015

Care About Your Care—Special Edition

coordinated. Poor care coordination frequently results in unnessesary and costly hospital readmissions. The United States health care system has long struggled with this issue; ultimately it costs the system $17 ... centers, and other state and local agencies are working together to improve quality and reduce costly ...

Feb 12,2013

First Statewide Report in Nation to Measure Choosing Wisely® Recommendations Finds Overuse and Widespread Geographic Variation

unnecessary care that costs money and could potentially put them at risk. Variation exists. Often the ...

Sep 26,2014

Display Best Practices

Displaying Comparative Quality and Cost Measurements: Key Considerations to Engage Consumers in their Health Care Decisions Much of what is displayed in the public reports of the Alliances continues to change and evolve as new measures are developed and new approaches are tested. Quality ...

May 14,2015

April 2014 | Engaged Employers Improve Health Care

ineffective, or harmful care costs a typical employer between $1,900 and $2,250 per employee every ... community goal of better health, better care, and lower costs. The Alliance is helping employers encourage ... curbing the increase in the cost of health benefits. In addition, a study by the National Business Group ...

Apr 24,2014

Spotlight on Washington

Patients may be getting unnecessary care that costs money and could potentially put them at ... Health Care Costs Cost & ... in Washington State have been working for a decade to rein in rising health care costs, led by the ...

Apr 06,2015

Finding Value in Data

provider level to determine actual costs. Its pricing model ranges from commercial vendor prices to ... and contain costs. Bonnie Paris is the program development manager ...

Jun 06,2013

Improving Patient Safety

employees, Puget Sound has focused on the appropriate use of advanced medical technology to lower costs ... information they need to emphasize cost and quality of health care.   In 2009, 16 hospitals in ...

Aug 08,2013