Resources: Health Reform (120)
Health Reform Facts 4: Early Coverage Options for Direct-Care Workers and their Families
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Outlines the many provisions of health reform that will be made available to low-income Americans, including direct-care workers, before the law fully takes effect in 2014.
Organization: PHI: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Support, Health Reform, Home Health Aides, Medical Assistants, National, Personal and Home Care Aides
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Health Reform, Primary Care, and Graduate Medical Education
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Discusses the shortage of primary care providers, how health reform will challenge access to health care, and issues related to graduate medical education.
Author: Inglehart JK
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 363(6), 584-90
Date: 8/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand
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AAMC Summaries of DGME and IME Sections of the Health Reform Bill and CMS Proposed Rules Implementing These Provisions
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Summarizes the sections of the health care reform legislation related to graduate medical education and includes the relevant health reform law text. Discusses the proposed CMS regulations.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Residency Programs
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Health Care Reform, What’s in It? Rural Communities and Rural Medical Care
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Identifies and discusses health reform provisions related to the rural health workforce.
Organization: Center for Rural Affairs
Author: Bailey JM
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy, Rural
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How Will Physicians Be Affected by Health Care Reform?
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Identifies how physicians are likely to be affected by health care reform. Discusses the impact of accountable care organizations, comparative effectiveness research, the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, increased health insurance coverage, and the emphasis on primary care.
Organization: Urban Institute
Author: Zuckerman S, Berenson R
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy
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Increases in Primary Care Physician Income due to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 – Continued Tweaking of Physician Payment
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Identifies how the Affordable Care Act increased Medicare payments for primary care physicians and discusses the possible impact on primary care and rural physician shortages. Offers a model to calculate the effect of these changes and details projected revenue changes by Medicare locality.
Organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Author: MacKinney AC
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Rural, Supply and Demand
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Models for Improving Medicaid Primary Care: Lessons for Health Reform
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Offers a webinar recording on opportunities for Medicaid to improve primary care. Describes strategies from two states.
Organization: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Oklahoma, Primary Care, Vermont
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Practice-Based Population Health: Information Technology to Support Transformation to Proactive Primary Care
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Discusses the concept of Practice-Based Population Health (PBPH) and its focus on the transformation of primary care in both improvement of health care and the debate on national health care reform.
Organization: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Author: Cusack C, Knudson A, Kronstadt J, Singer R, Brown A
Date: 7/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Primary Care, Technology
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Could New Programs Eliminate Debt for Tomorrow’s Osteopathic Primary Care Physicians?
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Provides a perspective on the impact of medical education debt on the number of medical graduates going into primary care. Highlights legislation establishing or expanding programs that address this issue.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Author: Shannon SC
Location: Inside OME, 4(6)
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Specialty Choice, Student Debt Load
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Developing Innovative Payment Approaches: Finding the Path to High Performance
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Discusses the health reform mandate to create innovative payment models and how to improve the development, implementation, and evaluation of new payment methods.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Guterman S, Drake H
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy
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FAQ on GME, Workforce, and Student Loan Provisions
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Addresses graduate medical education, physician shortage, and student loan questions related to the Affordable Care Act.
Organization: American Medical Association
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Policy, Residency Programs
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Health Reform & the Healthcare Workforce
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Features a webchat with Mary Wakefield and Kathleen Sebelius regarding the Affordable Care Act and how this will strengthen the doctor-patient relationship, and help in the training and development of a new generation of caregivers.
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Community Health Workers, Education and Training, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National
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Health Reform and the Workforce: Will There Be Enough Providers?
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Looks at how the legislation will affect the number of physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, especially those providing primary care services available to treat the expanding ranks of insured Americans.
Organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Health Reform Facts 1: Workforce Development and Training Opportunities for Direct-Care Workers
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Describes numerous ways that that 2010 health reform law may have a positive impact on the direct-care workforce. Describes several new workforce commissions, federal training grants, and workforce-development programs that will be created as a result of health reform.
Organization: PHI: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Care Support, Health Reform, Home Health Aides, Medical Assistants, National, Nursing Aides, Personal and Home Care Aides, Policy
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Health Reform in Massachusetts: An Update as of Fall 2009, Summary of Key Findings
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Reports on surveys related to health reform in Massachusetts for 2006-2009. Includes information on the difficulty of finding a provider and other access indicators. Addresses disparities.
Organizations: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Urban Institute
Author: Long SK, Stockley K
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Disparities, Health Care Access, Health Reform, Massachusetts
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The Impact of Health Care Reform on the Future Supply and Demand for Physicians Updated Projections Through 2025
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Updates "The Complexities of Physician Supply and Demand: Projections Through 2025" to acknowledge the impact health care reform will have on the supply and demand of physicians. Includes projections for primary care physicians.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: A Summary of Provisions Important to Rural Health Care Delivery
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Provides rural health policy makers, advocates, and researchers a summary of legislative provisions contained in P.L. 111-148 (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, PPACA) that have particular meaning to rural residents and to the delivery of services in rural areas. Health care workforce is discussed starting on page 50, in section 5101: Title V: Health Care Workforce.
Organization: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
Author: Mueller K
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Rural
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Promise and Peril for Primary Care
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Offers a perspective on the potential the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 has to reestablish primary care as the foundation of America's health system.
Author: Goodson JD
Location: Annals of Internal Medicine, 152(11), 742-4
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Public Health, Workforce, Quality, and Related Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
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Outlines each of the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) related to public health, health care quality, and the health workforce. Discusses the implications of these provisions for health policy.
Organization: Congressional Research Service
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Behavioral Health Occupations, Dental Occupations, Diversity, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Financial Aid, Geriatrics, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Public Health
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Retiring Or Recharging?
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Highlights the increase in CEO retirement and considers how health reform may drive turnover among health care leaders.
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Administrators, Health Reform, National, Trends
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Strengthening Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Expansion of Community Health Centers Through Health Reform
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Examines the impact of the new health reform law on the number of patients who will receive primary care services at community health centers and the effect of the service expansions on overall health care costs, including federal and state Medicaid expenditures.
Organization: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Author: Ku L, Richard P, Dor A, Tan E, Shin P, Rosenbaum S
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Reform, National, Primary Care
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Summary of Public Health Workforce Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Summarizes provisions of the health reform law that relate to the public health workforce.
Organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy, Public Health
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A Summary of the December 2009 Forum on the Future of Nursing: Care in the Community
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Highlights the second of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative’s three forums, which was held on December 3, 2009. Examines care in the community. Focuses on community health, public health, primary care, and long-term care.
Organizations: Institute of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Date: 6/2010
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Tagged keywords: Community Health Workers, Health Reform, Long Term Care Facilities, National, Nursing Occupations, Primary Care, Public Health, Registered Nurses
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A 21st Century Roadmap for Advancing America's Health: The Path from Peril to Progress
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Discusses some of the challenges related to implementing health reform and offers recommendations. Covers team-based medicine, primary care, comparative effectiveness research, value-based payment methods, public health, research, global health, and health information technology.
Organization: Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
Author: Commission on U.S. Federal Leadership in Health and Medicine: Charting Future Directions
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Compensation, Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care, Technology
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The ABCs of ACOs
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Provides an overview of accountable care organizations, which seek to coordinate care between physicians and hospitals. Highlights several health systems piloting ACO programs. Identifies relevant health reform incentives encouraging ACO development.
Author: Taylor M
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Reform, National
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Academic Health Centers as Accountable Care Organizations
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Provides a commentary on how academic health centers can serve as accountable care organizations, promote medical homes, and lead health reform efforts.
Author: Tallia AF, Amenta PS, Jones SK
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(5), 766-7
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Care Coordination, Health Reform, National
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Clinical Integration
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Provides an overview of clinical integration, barriers faced in implementing it, and its relevance to health care reform. Highlights several integrated care systems including the Henry Ford Health System.
Author: Edwards R
Location: Hospitals & Health Networks
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Care Coordination, Health Reform, Hospitals, Illinois, Michigan, National, Physicians
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Connecting the Public Health and Clinical Workforce
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Discusses the challenges and opportunities for integrating the primary care and public health workforce, what the Health Resources and Services Administration is doing, and more in a 20 minute talk given by Kim Willard-Jelks, MD, USPHS at the ASTHO 2010 State Public Health Workforce Summit.
Organization: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Primary Care, Public Health
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Financial Incentives for Health Care Providers and Consumers
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Addresses the use of financial incentives to decrease health care costs. Discusses value-based purchasing, pay-for-performance (P4P), and considerations for policy-makers.
Organization: Mathematica Policy Research
Author: Bernstein J, Chollet D, Peterson S
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Care Payment Reform and Academic Medicine: Threat or Opportunity?
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Link: Abstract
Highlights three types of payment approaches that offer an alternative to fee-for-service reimbursement, including bundled reimbursement, accountable care organizations, and the advanced medical home. Offers recommendations for academic medical centers on how they can prepare to implement new payment models.
Author: Shomaker TS
Location: Academic Medicine, 85(5), 756-8
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Care Coordination, Compensation, Health Reform, National
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Health Care Reform Teleconference: Medicare DGME and IME Provisions
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Offers the slides from a presentation on the health reform provisions related to graduate medical education. Covers the resident limit redistribution program, counting resident time for didactic and research activities, teaching health centers, and more.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Fisher K, Mihalich-Levin LK
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Residency Programs
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Overview of Discretionary Programs in Health Care Reform
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Reviews provisions in the health reform law related to disparities, public health, HRSA's Title VII education and training programs, medical education debt, and other workforce initiatives in slides from a teleconference presentation.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Rasouli T, Shick M
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Area Health Education Centers, Community Health Workers, Continuing Education, Disparities, Education and Training, Geriatrics, Health Reform, National, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Public Health, Rural, Shortage Designations, Student Debt Load
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Summary of PPACA Provisions Related to HRSA’s Health Professions Programs and Other PHSA Workforce Programs
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Identifies provisions in the health care reform law related to Title VII and several other workforce relevant Public Health Service Act programs.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 5/2010
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Health Reform, Interprofessional Training, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Policy, Primary Care, Public Health
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AAMC Summary of Teaching Health Center Sections of the Health Reform Law
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Summarizes the sections of the health reform legislation related to teaching health centers, which intend to increase the primary care workforce supply.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand
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The Group Employed Model as a Foundation for Health Care Delivery Reform
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Highlights lessons from organizations with salaried or contracted physicians that can be applied to the development of accountable care organizations (ACOs). Identifies elements of their success such as physician leadership, challenges, and recommendations for policymakers.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Minott J, Helms D, Luft H, Guterman S, Weil H
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Compensation, Health Administrators, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Health Reform, Implementation, and Post-Reform Priorities
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Reports on a survey of health care leaders to determine their views on issues related to health care reform. Includes the percent concerned about a primary care shortage and in favor of payment and malpractice reform.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Malpractice Insurance, National, Policy, Primary Care
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Health Care Reform and Primary Care: The Growing Importance of the Community Health Center
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Discusses the network and importance of community health centers in the United States.
Author: Eli A, Geiger J, Fine M
Location: The New England Journal of Medicine
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Primary Care
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Health Care Reform and the Health Workforce: Workforce Provisions Included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148 (HR 3590)
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Summarizes provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 related to the health workforce.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Health Center Related Provisions in Health Reform Legislation
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Identifies the provisions in the final health reform legislation that relate to community health centers, including National Health Service Corps funding and HPSA shortage designation guidelines.
Organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Centers and Health Care Reform: Accountable Care Organizations and Medical Homes
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Offers a fact sheet on provisions in the health care reform legislation related to accountable care organizations and medical homes.
Organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Centers and Health Care Reform: National Health Service Corps
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Offers a fact sheet on the changes to the National Health Service Corps program as a result of the final health care reform legislation.
Organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Policy
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Health Reform Law Raises GPCIs: Table Shows Estimated Payment Increase in Each State
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Estimates how the new health system reform law will increase average Medicare physician payment rates through raising practice expense geographic practice cost indexes (GPCI). Includes a table showing the percent change for each area.
Organization: American Medical Association
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians
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Medicare Provisions in PPACA (P.L. 111-148)
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Details the Medicare provisions in the health reform law, including those related to provider payments.
Organization: Congressional Research Service
Author: Davis PA, Hahn J, Morgan PC, Stockdale H, Stone J, Tilson S
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, Home Health Agencies, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Public Law No: 111-148: Nursing Education and Practice Provisions
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Identifies provisions in the health reform legislation related to nursing education and practice. Includes the original provisions from Title VII related to the nursing workforce and explains how the new law expands each.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Geriatrics, Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Nursing Occupations, Policy
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PPACA and Physicians: Payment, Quality, Program Integrity
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Identifies provisions in health care reform impacting physicians in slides from a teleconference. Covers physician payment, quality provisions, the physician sunshine act, new Medicaid and CHIP provisions such as provider screening, and more.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy
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Rx for a New Health Care Workforce: Promising Practices and Their Policy Implications
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Reports on a meeting in DC March 1-2, 2010 that focused on the role of workforce policy in health care reform and its implications for frontline workers. Identifies model programs for addressing labor shortages and offers policy recommendations.
Organization: Jobs for the Future
Author: Wilson R
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Best Practices and Model Programs, Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Policy, Public Health, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors, Supply and Demand, Workforce Pipeline
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Saving Billions of Dollars—and Physicians’ Time—by Streamlining Billing Practices
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Links: Abstract, Highlights
Examines physician administrative workload and identifies how much staffing time and money could be saved through a less complex billing process.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Blanchfield BB, Heffernan JL, Osgood B, Sheehan RR, Meyer GS
Location: Health Affairs, 2010 Apr 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Supply and Demand
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Side-by-Side Comparison of Major Health Care Reform Proposals
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Offers a method to compare the elements of the health reform bill President Obama signed into law with other health care reform bills that were considered by Congress. To compare the health workforce components, select the proposals you want to compare, select "Other investments" from the topics for comparison, and click on the "Generate Comparison" tab.
Organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care
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Summary of Title V of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590)
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Summarizes how health care reform will affect the health workforce.
Organization: Oregon Healthcare Workforce Institute
Date: 4/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National
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Community Health Centers and Health Reform: Summary of Key Health Center Provisions
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Summarizes provisions in the Senate health care reform bill and the Reconciliation Act that relate to community health centers. Includes funding for the National Health Service Corps and health center residency programs in primary care.
Organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, National, Primary Care, Residency Programs
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Federal Healthcare Reform and the Impact on Primary Care
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Summarizes major health care reforms related to primary care.
Organization: Primary Care Development Corporation
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Primary Care
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The Final Health Reform Package: A Comparison of Key Provisions
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Compares provisions from the House and Senate health care reform bills with the reconciliation bill. Offers commentary from the American College of Physicians based on their views.
Organization: American College of Physicians
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Insurance Reform at a Glance: Strengthening the Nation's Health Workforce
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Identifies how the reconciliation act and Senate health reform bill will impact the health workforce. Covers primary care, nursing, the public health workforce, and more.
Organization: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Policy, Primary Care, Public Health
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How the Passage of Federal Health System Reform Legislation Impacts Your Practice
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Provides information for physicians on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) may affect them, including incentive payments for certain primary care physicians and general surgeons.
Organization: American Medical Association
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Clinics, Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, General Surgeons, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Shortage Designations
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Contains a number of critical provisions that will help strengthen the nation’s health care workforce. The Act establishes a National Health Workforce Commission and National and State Centers for Health Care Workforce Analysis. It also establishes Teaching Health Centers, an initiative that supports developing residency programs within qualified community-based ambulatory primary care settings.
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, National, Primary Care, Residency Programs
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Primary Care Provisions - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)
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Identifies the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that relate to primary care.
Organization: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Author: Chen C
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care, Residency Programs
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Public Health, Workforce, Quality, and Related Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148)
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Describes each section in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act related to health centers, prevention and wellness, and the health workforce.
Organization: Congressional Research Service
Author: Redhead CS, Williams ED
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Behavioral Health, Dental Occupations, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Reform, Loan Repayment Programs, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Public Health
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So Many New Patients; Are There Enough Doctors?
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Includes the audio and transcript of a 3-minute interview on National Public Radio with Dr. Atul Grover from the Association of American Medical Colleges regarding expanded health care insurance coverage and the shortage of health care providers.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Hansen L
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Will Overhaul Lead to Doctor Shortage?
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Highlights the physician shortage, its impact on health care access for patients who will obtain insurance as a result of health care reform, and a three-year medical school at Texas Tech University in a three-minute Podcast from American Public Media's Marketplace.
Organizations: American Academy of Family Physicians, Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Genzer NM
Date: 3/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians, Policy, Supply and Demand, Texas
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Health Reform Facts 3: Who are Direct-Care Workers?
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Provides an overview of the direct-care workforce, with information on nursing assistants (CNAs), home health aides, and personal and home care aides. Includes information on job tasks, wages, and demographic information for the direct-care workforce.
Organization: National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Support, Health Reform, Home Health Agencies, Home Health Aides, National, Nursing Aides, Personal and Home Care Aides
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Unchecked Provider Clout In California Foreshadows Challenges To Health Reform
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Highlights how accountable care organizations (ACOs) increase health care efficiency, but may lead to increased costs due to provider leverage. Reviews how providers in California have used ACOs to increase their payment rates and discusses the policy implications.
Author: Berenson RA, Ginsburg PB, Kemper N
Location: Health Affairs, 2010 Feb 25. [Epub ahead of print]
Date: 2/2010
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Tagged keywords: California, Compensation, Health Reform, Hospitals, Physicians, Policy
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Episode-Based Payments: Charting a Course for Health Care Payment Reform
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Addresses issues related to creating an episode-based payment system, which could facilitate care coordination and decrease health care costs. Covers defining episodes of care, establishing payment rates, identifying providers to receive the payments, compatibility with other payment reforms, and implementation.
Organization: National Institute for Health Care Reform
Author: Pham HH, Ginsburg PB, Lake TK, Maxfield MM
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Compensation, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy
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Medicine's Ethical Responsibility for Health Care Reform — The Top Five List
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Offers a perspective on what physicians and medical professional societies can and should do to decrease health care costs.
Author: Brody H
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 362(4), 283-285
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy
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Payment Reform — The Need to Harmonize Approaches in Medicare and the Private Sector
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Discusses proposed changes in Medicare payments and highlights the need to reform private payments as well. Identifies four steps for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Secretary of Health and Human Services to enable system-wide payment reform.
Author: Lee PV, Berenson RA, Tooker J
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 362(1), 3-5
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Policy
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Remaking Primary Care: A Framework for the Future
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Analyzes the causes of the primary care crises, the effects, and innovations that could strengthen primary care, such as collaborative education. Addresses the impact of health care reform on primary care.
Organizations: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, New England Healthcare Institute
Date: 1/2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Interprofessional Training, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Registered Nurses, Supply and Demand
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Council on Medical Education Report 15: Securing Funding for Graduate Medical Education
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Discusses the physician shortage, the Affordable Care Act, and the need for more physician residency positions.
Organization: American Medical Association
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Residency Programs, Supply and Demand
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The President's Proposal: Title V. Health Care Workforce
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Summarizes the health workforce elements of President Obama's health care reform proposal.
Organization: The White House
Author: Obama B
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care
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Reform, Reform Everywhere and Not a Primary Care Dollar to Drink
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Offers a perspective on the need for more funding for research on the organization and process of primary care.
Author: North American Primary Care Research Group
Location: Annals of Family Medicine, 8(2), 179-80
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Health Services Researchers, National, Primary Care
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Side-by-side Comparison of AHEC Legislative Language Changes
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Offers a chart comparing the previous authorization for the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program and the new authorization under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Organization: National Area Health Education Center Organization
Date: 2010
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Tagged keywords: Area Health Education Centers, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Closing the Health Care Workforce Gap: Reforming Federal Health Care Workforce Policies to Meet the Needs of the 21st Century
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Discusses health workforce issues from a progressive perspective and offers policy recommendations to help balance the distribution, supply, and mix of health professionals needed to support the United States health care system. Supports the creation of a National Health Workforce Commission.
Organization: Center for American Progress
Author: Derksen DJ, Whelan E
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Compensation, Distribution, Diversity, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Occupations, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Equal Health Care for All: Opportunities to Address Health Care Disparities in Health Care Reform
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Addresses health care disparities, their causes and consequences, and how health care reform can address them. Supports primary care; medical homes; increased access to community health centers; and a diverse, well-distributed, and culturally competent health workforce.
Organization: Center for American Progress
Author: Russell L
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Cultural Competence, Disparities, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Reform in Massachusetts: Lessons for the Nation
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Reports on the satisfaction of physicians, employers, and consumers following Massachusetts' health care reform. Discusses factors contributing to the program's success.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Hausman S
Date: 12/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Reform, Massachusetts, Physicians, Policy
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Ensuring Progress in Primary Care — What Can Health Care Reform Realistically Accomplish?
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Describes the components of health care reform that deal with primary care.
Author: Chokshi DA
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 361(20), e43
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Expanding the Primary Care Workforce: An Essential Element of Health Care Reform
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Discusses the need for primary care providers, health care shortages, and health care reform.
Organization: Center for American Progress
Author: Whelan E
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention
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Health Care Reform and Its Potential Impact on Academic Medical Centers
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Offers a perspective on how academic medical centers can anticipate health care reforms. Includes some information on what the University of Kentucky is doing.
Author: Karpf M, Lofgren R, Perman J
Location: Academic Medicine, 84(11), 1472-75
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Health Reform, Kentucky, National, Policy
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Physicians' Views of the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law — A Poll
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Reports on a survey of physicians in Massachusetts and their view of the state's health care reform legislation and its effects.
Author: Steelfisher GK, Blendon RJ, Sussman T, Connolly JM, Benson JM, Herrmann MJ
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 361(39), 19
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Reform, Massachusetts, Physicians, Policy
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The Primary Care Crisis and Health Care Reform
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Link: Summary
Discusses the need for more primary care professionals and policy options for strengthening the primary care workforce.
Author: Sherman P, Moscou S, Dang-Vu C
Location: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 20(4), 944–950
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Public Health, Workforce, Quality, and Related Provisions in H.R. 3962
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A CRS report to Congress summarizing the health workforce provisions of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), a comprehensive health reform bill.
Organization: Congressional Research Service
Author: Redhead CS
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy
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Reform and the Health Care Workforce — Current Capacity, Future Demand
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Discusses the need for health care reform to address workforce issues and identifies legislation related to the health care workforce.
Author: Iglehart JK
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 361(19), e38
Date: 11/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Supply and Demand
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How Many Physicians? How Much Does It Matter?
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Link: Extract
Discusses the article "Comparison of Physician Workforce Estimates and Supply Projections" and the importance of physician supply to health care reform.
Author: Ricketts TC
Location: Journal of the American Medical Association, 302(15), 1701-1702
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Supply and Demand
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Using Primary Care to Bend the Cost Curve: The Potential Impact of Health Center Expansion in Senate Reforms
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Advocates for the expansion of federally qualified health centers to support health care reform and decrease health care costs.
Organization: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Author: Ku L, Rosenbaum S, Shin P
Date: 10/2009
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care
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British Lessons on Health Care Reform
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Compares the US and British health care systems. Identifies ways Britain has promoted primary care as a career choice.
Author: Kerr DJ, Scott M
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 361(21), 13
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, International, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Specialty Choice
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Doctors as the Key to Health Care Reform
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Offers a perspective on the importance of doctors in reforming health care. Addresses rising medical costs.
Author: Relman AS
Location: New England Journal of Medicine, 361(13), 1225-27
Date: 9/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Estimated Effects of Sec. 1721 of Draft Bill HR 3200 “America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009” on Physician Gross Revenue
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Examines how one health care reform bill could affect physician revenue and access to primary care services for Medicaid patients.
Organization: Robert Graham Center
Author: Dodoo M
Date: 8/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy
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The Health Care Workforce Crisis: A Summit on the Future of Primary Care in Rural and Urban America
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Includes presentation slides from the 2009 HRSA Workforce Summit held in Washington, DC on August 10-12, 2009. Topics discussed include primary care, diversity, the role of foundations in supporting the health workforce, the potential impact of health care reform, health professions education, data collection, and many other issues relevant to an adequate health care workforce.
Organization: Health Resources and Services Administration
Date: 8/2009
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Tagged keywords: Diversity, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Supply and Demand, Urban
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Ensuring that Health Care Reform Will Meet the Health Care Needs of Minority Communities and Eliminate Health Disparities
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Lists fourteen principles to guide health care reform in eliminating disparities. Covers health care workforce diversity in the first four principles.
Organization: HHS Office of Minority Health
Author: Advisory Committee on Minority Health (ACMH)
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Disparities, Diversity, Health Reform, National
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Estimating the Effects of Health Reform on Health Centers’ Capacity to Expand to New Medically Underserved Communities and Populations
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Highlights those who lack of primary health care access in the US. Discusses how decreasing the number of uninsured could increase the ability of health centers to serve those still uninsured.
Organization: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Author: Ku L, Shin P, Rosenbaum S
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care
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Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System
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Compares various health care payment methods, such as fee-for-service and episode-based payment. Provides recommendations for how to reform Massachusetts' payment system to support quality patient-centered care and decrease costs.
Organization: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Author: Special Commission on the Health Care Payment System
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Care Quality, Health Reform, Hospitals, Massachusetts, Physicians, Policy
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State Variation and Health Reform: A Chartbook
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Covers state variations for Medicaid, health care access, health care costs, and more to determine how health care reform may affect various states.
Organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Date: 7/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Access, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National
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Addressing the Nursing Workforce: A Critical Element for Health Reform
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Link: Abstract
Discusses health reform, economic recovery, and the need to build and deploy a twenty-first-century health care workforce.
Author: Rother J, Lavizzo-Mourey R
Location: Health Affairs, 28(4), 620-624
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations
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Beware The Siren Song Of New GME: Graduate Medical Education And Health Reform
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Provides a perspective on how the current plans to increase Medicare funding for Graduate Medical Education programs will hurt primary care and increase the number of International Medical Graduates. Suggests alternatives.
Author: Mullan F, Wiley E
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Primary Care, Residency Programs
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Finding Resources for Health Reform and Bending the Health Care Cost Curve
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Examines health reform policy options. Includes a section on provider payments options that would support primary care physicians on pages 17-19.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Nuzum R, Mika S, Schoen C, Davis K
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Medical Education in the United States: Supporting Long-Term Delivery System Reforms
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Provides an overview of physician education, how Medicare funds graduate medical education, how medical education can support reform of the health care system, and barriers to nonhospital residency rotations.
Organizations: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Rand Corporation
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Residency Programs
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Osteopathic Medicine and Medical Education and Health Care Reform
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Offers a presentation from the 98th Annual Convention of the Maine Osteopathic Association. Contains detailed data on osteopathic medical school enrollment, the osteopathic physician workforce, and physician shortages. Discusses primary care choice, health care reform issues like the medical home, and student debt load.
Organization: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Reform, National, Osteopathic Physicians, Physicians, Primary Care, Student Debt Load, Supply and Demand
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Payment Reform to Improve Health Care
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Analyzes proposals for reforming health care payment systems and offers recommendations. Supports reimbursement that rewards primary care and care coordination.
Organization: Center for American Progress
Author: Whelan E, Feder J
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Reform, National, Policy, Primary Care
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Public Perspectives on Health Delivery System Reforms
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Links: Full Report, Issue Brief
Provides a detailed analysis of public opinion and health services research studies of public views of health delivery system reforms.
Organization: AcademyHealth
Author: Bernstein J
Date: 6/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Health Services Researchers, National, Policy, Research
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A Compendium of Health Services Research to Inform Health Reform
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Consists of ongoing or recently completed health services researchers. Identifies research health care reform including costs and value, system quality, and coverage access.
Organization: AcademyHealth
Date: 5/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Health Services Researchers, National
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Healthy States/Healthy Nation: Essays for a New Administration and a New Congress
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Contains a collection of essays written from the perspective of various states to help guide health care reform. Includes essays on workforce development, mental health and psychiatrist shortages, malpractice insurance, health disparities and language barriers, and more.
Organization: Milbank Memorial Fund
Author: Reforming States Group
Date: 5/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Limited English Proficiency, Malpractice Insurance, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Supply and Demand, Texas
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AHC Leader Perspectives: David Smith Interview
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Contains a four-minute interview with Dr. David Smith, President of State University of New York Upstate Medical University, on academic medical center workforce issues and health care reform.
Organization: Association of Academic Health Centers
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Health Reform, National, Policy, Supply and Demand
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Beyond 50.09 Chronic Care: A Call to Action for Health Reform
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Discusses chronic illness from the consumer perspective as well as address barriers in health care. Ninth volume of the Beyond 50 series.
Organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Care Quality, Health Reform, National, Policy
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How Is the Primary Care Safety Net Faring in Massachusetts? Community Health Centers in the Midst of Health Reform
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Provides an overview of community health centers in Massachusetts and health reform issues, including shortages of health care providers.
Organization: Kaiser Family Foundation
Author: Ku L, Jones E, Finnegan B, Shin P, Rosenbaum S
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Health Care Access, Health Reform, Massachusetts
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Linking Workforce Policy to Health Care Reform
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Includes testimony presented before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance for the hearing on Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future.
Author: Goodman DC
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Policy
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Long-Term Care: Options in an Era of Health Reform
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Discusses reform options in long-term care, financing, service delivery, quality assurance, and the long-term care workforce. The workforce section discusses recruitment, training programs, career ladders, and organizational culture.
Organization: National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
Author: Wiener J
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Long Term Care Facilities, National
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Primary Care Access: An Essential Building Block of Health Reform
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Examines primary care and why it should be a foundation of health care reform effort. Includes discussion on Community Health Centers.
Organization: National Association of Community Health Centers
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Primary Care
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Reforming Provider Payment: Essential Building Block for Health Reform
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Examines the Commonwealth Fund Commission's payment reform recommendations that seek to support primary care, improve care coordination, and make primary care a more attractive choice for physicians, partially through an increase in Medicaid payments.
Organization: The Commonwealth Fund
Author: Guterman S, Davis K, Schoen C, Stremikis K
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Care Coordination, Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future
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Reports on the shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists, its effects, and possible solutions in a testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance.
Organization: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Date: 3/2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Psychiatrists, Supply and Demand
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Primary and Preventive Healthcare: A Critical Path to Healthcare Reform for Florida
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Additional Link: Executive Summary
Addresses health reform and Florida's primary care safety net. Reviews the literature on primary care. Examines the state's health care access, health care quality, and safety net providers.
Organizations: Florida Association of Community Health Centers, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Author: Rosenbaum S, Shin P, Finnegan B, Whittington R
Date: 1/2009
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Florida, Health Care Access, Health Reform, Policy, Primary Care
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2009 Federal Issues Book: New York Hospital and Health System Priorities
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Details priorities and recommendations for federal policy reform. Discusses health care access, Medicare/Medicaid payments affect on graduate medical education and more, academic medical centers, the health care workforce, rural hospitals, health information technology, the impact of the recession on New York's health systems, and more.
Organization: Healthcare Association of New York State
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Academic Health Centers, Economy, Health Reform, Hospitals, Medicare and Medicaid, New York, Policy, Supply and Demand
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Hard Times in the Heartland: Health Care in Rural America
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Additional Link: HHS Releases New Report: Hard Times in the Heartland: Health Care in Rural America
Provides insight into the current state of health care in rural areas and the critical need for health care reform. Outlines the health care challenges facing rural communities, including the impact of the economic downturn.
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Author: Seshamani M, Van Nostrand J, Kennedy J, Cochran C
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Disparities, Economy, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Rural
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More Choices, Better Coverage: Health Insurance Reform and Rural America
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Discusses health care problems that face rural areas, including health care access, and affordable health insurance. Highlights expanding the health care workforce in these areas.
Organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Author: Chang J, Seshamani M,
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Disparities, Health Care Access, Health Reform, National, Rural
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The Physician Shortage and Health Care Reform
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Highlights data on the physician shortage and what can be done about it.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Supply and Demand
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Reforming Physician Payments to Achieve Greater Value in Health Care Spending
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Discusses physician compensation especially as it relates to interest in primary care. Provides recommendations on how to reform physician payments; a position paper from the American College of Physicians.
Organization: American College of Physicians
Author: Baker B, Doherty R
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Compensation, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care
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Statement on Health Professions Education in Health Reform
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Contains a policy statement on health care education reform from associations of health care schools.
Organizations: American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions
Date: 2009
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, Health Reform, National, Policy
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Health Reform Facts 2: Eldercare/Disability Services: Untapped Engine for Job Creation and Economic Growth
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Discusses the projected growth of the direct care workforce.
Organization: PHI: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
Date: 11/2008
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Geriatrics, Health Reform, Home Health Aides, National, Nursing Aides, Personal and Home Care Aides
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The State of the Physician Workforce: With Medical School Expansion Underway, What’s Next?
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Presents on physician supply and demand projections and examines relevant factors. Discusses the implications of the recession and health care reform on physician supply and demand, and describes trends in primary care supply.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Author: Salsberg E
Date: 11/2008
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Tagged keywords: Economy, Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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Principles for U.S. Health Care Reform: A Guide for Policy Makers
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Offers the Association of American Medical Colleges policy positions on various topics related to physicians and health care access.
Organization: Association of American Medical Colleges
Date: 10/2008
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, National, Physicians, Policy
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Safety Net Workforce in the Context of Health Care Reform
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Discusses concern about workforce shortages facing safety net providers, and how the safety net would be affected by health care reform efforts that seek to expand health coverage. Highlights Massachusetts and New Mexico, which are in two very different places along the continuum of health care infrastructure and health care reform efforts.
Organization: National Academy for State Health Policy
Author: Snyder A
Date: 3/2008
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Policy
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Reducing Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Care: Opportunities in National Health Reform
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Link: Abstract
Discusses health care disparities minorities face. Includes a brief section on the diversity of the health care workforce on page 699.
Author: Lillie-Blanton M, Maleque S, Miller W
Location: Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 36(4), 693-702, 608
Date: 2008
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, Disparities, Diversity, Health Reform, National, Nursing Occupations, Physicians
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The New Hampshire Medical Society Physician Survey on Healthcare Reform
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Additional Link: Survey Questions
Reports on a survey of physicians in New Hampshire to determine their views on the U.S. health care system and areas for reform. Identifies results by primary care physicians and specialists.
Organization: New Hampshire Medical Society
Date: 2007
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, New Hampshire, Physicians, Primary Care
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The Impending Collapse of Primary Care Medicine and Its Implications for the State of the Nation’s Health Care: A Report from the American College of Physicians
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Advocates for comprehensive health care reform from Congress. Covers the primary care shortage, consequences of the primary care shortage, and offers policy recommendations for how Medicare payments are processed.
Organization: American College of Physicians
Date: 1/2006
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Tagged keywords: Health Reform, Medicare and Medicaid, National, Physicians, Policy, Primary Care, Supply and Demand
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