Health Care Costs

As the last event in our 2018 Opportunities for Progress Signature Series on health care costs,  this 90-minute briefing explored the differences between “price” and “cost” in our current system and the potential policy options that address these discrepancies. Panelists: Gerard Anderson, Ph.D., professor, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Damon Francis, M.D., […]

The conversation on health care costs in America is decades old, yet progress has been elusive. Terms like sustainability, affordability, and value are set forward as goals, but perspectives on how to achieve them vary widely. Speakers and panelists provided insights into current and projected health care cost trends, what different stakeholders hope to achieve, […]

Public Webinar While consolidation—amongst providers, health systems, and payers—is not a new health care industry phenomenon, the latest headlines suggest that the trend is on the rise and is only likely to continue in bigger, bolder ways. Market concentration has implications for the future of delivery system and payment reform as well as for health care […]

The Alliance for Health Policy, in partnership with the JKTG Foundation, hosted a panel discussion to provide an update on the overall state of play with payment reform, and the effort to move away from fee for service and toward value-based payment. Panelists discussed the interplay between the public and private sectors, and, given the […]

The Alliance for Health Policy hosted a briefing on current issues in prescription drug affordability and innovation, focusing on potential policy and private-sector approaches to this complex issue. The panel included: Henry Waxman, Waxman Strategies Joel White, Council for Affordable Health Coverage Steve Miller, Express Scripts David Mitchell, Patients for Affordable Drugs Robert Zirkelbach, PhRMA Larry […]

This is the final of three panels from our Future of Chronic Care Summit. This panel discussed what integrated care is and what is needed to scale successful care delivery models for people with chronic conditions and their families. The panel also examined the role of nonmedical factors like homelessness and food insecurity that compound the challenges of caring for people […]

This half-day summit, the second in a series of three, examined how to improve care for patients with complex, chronic conditions. The summit consisted of three panels, each focusing into a different aspect of health care for chronic conditions and incorporating the views of a diverse group of experts: Future Trends in Chronic Care This session examined why it is vital […]

This is the first of three panels from our Future of Chronic Care Summit. This session examined why it is vital that all health care stakeholders pay attention now to the increasing incidence of chronic conditions as the baby boomers age into Medicare, rising health care costs and the coming crisis in long-term care for frail older Americans. Panelists […]

This is the second of three panels from our Future of Chronic Care Summit. This panel explored the role of public and private health insurance in covering people with chronic conditions, what benefit structures make the most sense in preventing and managing chronic conditions, and what role patients can take in preventing and managing chronic conditions. Mark Fendrick, University of Michigan […]

While recent pharmaceutical innovations offer unprecedented possibilities for curing, treating, and preventing disease, stakeholders throughout the health care system have serious concerns about prescription drug affordability. Payment methods that incorporate concepts of value and patient-centered care are among the emerging policy options to address the cost of drugs for Medicare patients. This briefing featured presentations […]

Medicaid is testing numerous new alternative payment and delivery system models to enhance the coordination of the health care services provided to millions of low-income Americans. This briefing examined the range of Medicaid’s efforts to improve care and promote value, including integrating health with non-clinical and behavioral services, creating managed care organizations, and instituting regional […]

Health systems have applied many innovative new strategies for improving quality and reducing costs when it comes to care for high-need, high-cost patients, who typically have multiple chronic conditions. Which of these innovations show promise, and what can we learn from them? This briefing defines who high-need, high-cost patients are, discusses the importance of this population to health […]