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Jun 13, 2019
The Tennessee legislature recently passed a bill that could make it the first state to request a Medicaid block grant. Under a block grant, Tennessee would receive a fixed annual sum from the federal government for its Medicaid program rather than open-ended federal dollars. But John Kitzhaber, MD, former governor of Oregon, and Bruce Goldberg, MD, former director of the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research, say that this approach does nothing to reduce the cost of care and hurts Medicaid recipients. Read more
May 31, 2019 | Christopher F. Koller, President
With the release of its new primary care payment models last month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) continues to act on the abundant evidence showing that a strong health care delivery system must be built on high-performing primary care. Whether these models will prove successful will depend in part on how much assistance primary care physicians need in efforts to … Read more
In the first of a new Milbank Memorial Fund series, Research Into Practice, Jennifer Lloyd et al. discuss three Milbank Quarterly articles that address whether state government is an effective agent for transforming health care systems within the United States. The brief is the first in a series that aims to make the research findings from Milbank Quarterly studies and their policy implications more accessible to policymakers and practitioners.
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May 2019 | K. John McConnell
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently unveiled its “Primary Cares Initiative,” which it describes as its biggest effort to replace fee-for-service payment and transform primary care delivery Read more
Original Scholarship
May 2019 | Holly Jarman
Public health advocates have used tobacco industry “denormalization,” or portraying tobacco product manufacturers as a deadly industry, to develop tobacco-control policies around the world. For this article, the author found that the tobacco companies were able to threaten regulations through international trade and investment laws because these laws treat tobacco firms like other commercial interests. Read more
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Research Into Practice
States Tackling Health Care System Transformation with Federal Support
June 3, 2019
Reforming States Group Publication
Supporting Rural Health: Practical Solutions for State Policymakers
May 28, 2019
Issue Brief
Primary Care Transformation: Can Competitors Collaborate?
May 8, 2019
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