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Comparative Effectiveness Research
Health Reform
Payment Reform
Publication Date: May 24, 2016
NEHI's Annual Meeting was rich with policy discussion and cross-sector sharing.
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Healthcare Spending
Payment Reform
Technology Adoption
Publication Date: February 11, 2016
As accountable care organizations, bundled payments and other value-based payment models sweep the nation, NEHI works to uncover implications for innovation.
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Health Reform
Hospital Readmissions
Medication Adherence
Publication Date: June 25, 2015
Reducing Hospital Readmissions Through Medication Management and Improved Patient Adherence
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Health Behaviors
Healthcare Spending
Health Reform
Publication Date: May 8, 2015
Community health workers (CHWs) have been on the front lines of health care delivery for decades, serving as a vital link between providers and the surrounding communities. This relationship has become even more important with the advent of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as millions of Americans obtain access to care and providers are under increasing pressure to contain costs.
To explore options for increasing the role of CHWs in improving population health, NEHI partnered with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF), Rose Community Foundation and the Association of American Medical Colleges to convene a day-long meeting in October 2014 focusing on CHWs. A subsequent invite-only meeting was held in Pennsylvania in April 2015, hosted by JHF and supported by NEHI, to dive deeper into some of these issues and explore the opportunities for Pennsylvania.
This issue brief summarizes the history of CHWs and includes key findings from the October 2014 summit and April 2015 Pennsylvania meeting. The brief includes an analysis of:
• CHW Impact: As community health workers are increasingly incorporated in healthcare teams, a growing body of evidence attests to their impact. These studies are highlighted in this issue brief. For example, one study found that integrating CHWs into care teams lead to a 3:1 return-on-investment.
• Policy Actions: ACA included several provisions with impacts on CHWs, and several states have taken action to build infrastructure for CHWs. This issue brief details the policy that continues to evolve around CHWs.
• Training Standards: Because of the opportunities and funding created by policy change at the federal and state level, there are some questions about the nature of what it means to be a CHW. The issue brief details some of these questions and provides an examination of the opportunities to increase training and enhance professional recognition.
• Pioneers: The issue brief also highlights some of the exemplar models using CHWs to improve quality of care and reduce costs, including the Camden Coalition of Health Care Providers, the Penn Center for CHWs, and Hennepin Health.
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Health Reform
Payment Reform
Technology Adoption
Publication Date: December 17, 2014
This Issue Brief reflects findings from the event, in addition to background research and expert interviews conducted by NEHI to explore the opportunities and lessons learned in leveraging APCDs to advance health services research.
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Payment Reform
Technology Adoption
Publication Date: November 13, 2014
This Issue Brief reflects findings from the event, in addition to background research and expert interviews conducted by NEHI on what this changing landscape means for patient access to innovative therapies and medical devices.
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Accountable Care
Payment Reform
Telemedicine
Publication Date: April 26, 2013
An overview of a series of dynamic summits hosted by NEHI for senior leaders for a multi-sector exploration of the potential impact of ACOs on patient access to innovative therapies and technologies. Since passage of the Affordable Care Act, more than 450 Accountable Care Organizations have been established in 49 states. While ACOs are in the spotlight as a means to transform the health care delivery system, many challenges need to be addressed. NEHI has taken the lead by convening a series of dynamic summits for senior leaders from pioneer ACOs, academia, biopharma and medtech for a multi-sector exploration of the potential impact of ACOs on patient access to innovative therapies and technologies.
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Chronic Disease
Healthcare Spending
Health Reform
Publication Date: April 26, 2012
A national survey of 500 opinion leaders shows strong support for using innovative solutions to increase efficiency and control costs in health care.
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Evidence-based Medicine
Healthcare Spending
Payment Reform
Publication Date: March 1, 2012
This Issue Brief discusses critical barriers to expanded use of innovative pricing arrangements, strategies to overcome them and alternative ways to ensure access and continued innovation of biopharmaceuticals.
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Comparative Effectiveness Research
Evidence-based Medicine
Payment Reform
Publication Date: February 17, 2011
Since the passage of the ACA, NEHI has been examining the potential avenues for CER dissemination, specifically the existing programs of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the newly created Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This white paper takes the position that PCORI must elevate dissemination as a priority, above and beyond the level called for in the Affordable Care Act and in the Institute of Medicine’s 2009 report to Congress on CER priorities.
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