Improving value in Medicaid
By Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. |
As states continue to struggle with their budgets, controlling spending on Medicaid looms as one of their most difficult challenges. ...
Read More Healthcare spending: good news/bad news
By Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. |
The CMS actuaries published their annual estimates of health- care spending and projections of future spending at the end of ...
Read More Medicare spending—again in the spotlight
By Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. |
The Social Security trustees released their annual report in May, and the news was not good for Medicare. The Medicare ...
Read More ACO regs, round 1
By Gail Wilensky, Ph.D. |
After a two-and-a-half-month delay, the long-awaited regulations for accountable care organizations (ACOs) were released on March 31. Policy wonks, health ...
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