How does US reliance on health insurance skew economic incentives in the prescription drug market? Stanford Medicine’s blog, Scope, highlights Kevin Schulman’s most recent HMPI article: https://stan.md/2QJF2Vs. Join Dr. Schulman, Will Mitchell and Anna Kaltenboeck for the Nov. 15 webinar at noon EST to discuss a variety of approaches...
HMPI Webinar Nov. 15: Reining in Escalating Drug Prices – Challenges, Opportunities, Solutions
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HMPI-BAHM Press Release: New Proposals to Temper Escalating Drug Costs Amid Trump’s Call for New Medicare Pricing
Healthcare Experts Propose Both Market and Regulatory Changes to Reduce Prescription Drug Costs Amid the Trump Administration’s Call to Cut Medicare Drug Prices The scholars and clinicians will discuss their proposals in a Webinar Nov. 15 at 12 Noon EST Nov. 1, 2018 – Escalating US pharmaceutical costs can...
Study Shows Joint MBA-Healthcare Courses Raise Both Business and Clinical Performance
A study looking at the link between hospital performance and managerial education found that hospitals which are closer to universities that offer both medical education and business education exhibit higher management quality, more MBA trained managers, and lower mortality rates. The study was conducted by Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University,...
Health Affairs Features Follow-Up Piece on HMPI’s Chief Innovation Officer Article
BAHM Board President Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, and Sneha Shah Jain, MD, MBA, offer additional perspective on the role of CiNOs as health organizations explore new, innovative models of care in this Sept. 21 Health Affairs blog post. Read the full HMPI article here.
Pinar Karaca-Mandic Addresses Rising Drug Prices in Minnesota Public Radio Interview
BAHM board member Pinar Karaca-Mandic, academic director of The Carlson School of Management’s Medical Industry Leadership Institute, offers her insights on solutions for rising drug prices: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/08/01/drug-prices-are-rising-what-can-be-done
BAHM Board Member Larry Van Horn Offers Insights on Amazon’s New Healthcare Role
Vital Signs: Larry Van Horn on Amazon’s Entry into Healthcare
WSJ Piece by Regina Herzlinger on Buying Health Insurance with Pretax Dollars
“The IRS should give all workers the chance to purchase health insurance with pretax dollars—just as employers do—using Health Reimbursement Arrangements:” Harvard’s Regina Herzlinger, BAHM board member and an editor of Health Management, Policy & Innovation (www.hmpi.org). https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-irs-can-save-american-health-care-1530477705
Health Systems’ Chief Innovation Officers Say Culture and Organizational Issues Hamper Innovation Agenda
DURHAM, NC, April 17, 2018 –The majority of the 40 largest US health systems have chief innovation officers (CInOs) but nearly two-thirds of these executives cite organizational structure and culture as the biggest obstacle to realizing their innovation goals, according to a survey published in the latest issue of...
HMPI Issue 3: New Study Finds Patient Care Improved when Hospital Physicians Received Immunity from Malpractice Suits
New Study Finds Patient Care Improved when Hospital Physicians Received Immunity from Malpractice Suits But tort reform without accompanying safety measures is unlikely to lead to higher quality care Miami, Fla., April 10, 2018 – Adverse medical events declined when physicians received immunity from malpractice lawsuits at a large...