At the Second Annual Kaiser Permanente (KP) Health Care Institute Conference last Friday, I heard Kaiser CEO, George Halverson, make the case for Kaiser’s emphasis on prevention and “integrated care” -- the term KP uses for care coordination. It was a sympathetic audience as the room was full of front line health care providers who had designed and worked in coordinated care teams. Read More »
At the Second Annual Kaiser Permanente (KP) Health Care Institute Conference last Friday, I heard Kaiser CEO, George Halverson, make the case for Kaiser’s emphasis on prevention and “integrated care” -- the term KP uses for care coordination. It was a sympathetic audience as the room was full of front line health care providers who had designed and worked in coordinated care teams.
The agenda for health care reform actually addresses two main items: “health care delivery system reform” and “insurance reform,” a term the president used in his press conference comments Wednesday evening. In fact, the President made the case for both. Read More »
The agenda for health care reform actually addresses two main items: “health care delivery system reform” and “insurance reform,” a term the president used in his press conference comments Wednesday evening. In fact, the President made the case for both.
The debate over health reform is heating up, and now it’s more important than ever to understand the broad common ground that exists among business, labor, government leaders, and as we learned yesterday, Republican and Democrat voters Read More »
The debate over health reform is heating up, and now it’s more important than ever to understand the broad common ground that exists among business, labor, government leaders, and as we learned yesterday, Republican and Democrat voters
On Tuesday, June 9th, our America’s Agenda member organizations held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to highlight our growing bipartisan alliance of business, labor and heath care leaders who are working together to pass legislation in Congress that modernizes our health care system while improving quality and reducing cost. Read More »
On Tuesday, June 9th, our America’s Agenda member organizations held a press conference in Washington, D.C. to highlight our growing bipartisan alliance of business, labor and heath care leaders who are working together to pass legislation in Congress that modernizes our health care system while improving quality and reducing cost.
It’s been a very busy week on Capitol Hill and for America’s Agenda. To build upon last Friday’s post from Dr. Ken Thorpe on how chronic disease prevention and management will drive down health care costs, today’s guest is Dr. C. Martin Harris, CIO & Chairman of the Information Technology Division at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Read More »
It’s been a very busy week on Capitol Hill and for America’s Agenda. To build upon last Friday’s post from Dr. Ken Thorpe on how chronic disease prevention and management will drive down health care costs, today’s guest is Dr. C. Martin Harris, CIO & Chairman of the Information Technology Division at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
As each day passes, the health care debate on Capitol Hill is becoming more important than ever before. Read More »
As each day passes, the health care debate on Capitol Hill is becoming more important than ever before.
Members of Congress are back from Memorial Day recess and work on health care reform continues. Today’s post features comments from Dr. Ken Thorpe, America’s Agenda Sr. Director for Policy and the policy architect of Vermont’s landmark 2006 Health Care Affordability Act. Read More »
Members of Congress are back from Memorial Day recess and work on health care reform continues. Today’s post features comments from Dr. Ken Thorpe, America’s Agenda Sr. Director for Policy and the policy architect of Vermont’s landmark 2006 Health Care Affordability Act.
During our January Summit Conversation in Miami, Dr. Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami, offered her thoughts on the need for health care reform in order to address the current health care crisis. Read More »
During our January Summit Conversation in Miami, Dr. Donna Shalala, President of the University of Miami, offered her thoughts on the need for health care reform in order to address the current health care crisis.
It’s an exciting time for those of us who work on health care issues here in Washington. As the national discussion about health care reform continues, America’s Agenda will work with leaders from our past Summit Conversations to highlight some of the key policy issues related to reducing health care costs and finding consensus on bipartisan comprehensive health care reform. Read More »
It’s an exciting time for those of us who work on health care issues here in Washington. As the national discussion about health care reform continues, America’s Agenda will work with leaders from our past Summit Conversations to highlight some of the key policy issues related to reducing health care costs and finding consensus on bipartisan comprehensive health care reform.
We had a great event in San Francisco where we hosted the fourth "Health Care Summit Conversation." Held at the University of California-San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center, we brought together 12 government, health care, labor and business leaders to talk about how to modernize our health care system. Read More »
We had a great event in San Francisco where we hosted the fourth "Health Care Summit Conversation." Held at the University of California-San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center, we brought together 12 government, health care, labor and business leaders to talk about how to modernize our health care system.