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Issue In Focus

Can Physician Payment Reform Help Create a High-Performing Health Care System?

photo of doctorsThe U.S. health care system performs poorly on many key objectives, and enhancing the system is at the top of the policy agenda. Improving the payment methods used to compensate and reward physicians could go a long way toward creating a more high-performing health care system. A new policy brief explores what is known about using physician payment to improve health system performance, suggesting that future priorities move beyond pay for performance of individual services and reward physicians for influencing totality of a patient’s care across all providers and settings.

News Releases

Latino Immigration

(December 29, 2008)

Two new briefs shed light on Latino immigration in new rural areas of the U.S.

Food Stamp Program

(December 12, 2008)

Are food stamps reaching those who need them? Brief highlights 2006 state participation rates.

Making Medical Homes Work

(December 11, 2008)

New policy perspective identifies operational issues that can make or break medical homes.

Company News

Herz Named Director of DC Survey Research

January Disability Policy Forum Focuses on TANF Recipients with Disabilities

Fox Testifies Before U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee

 

New Publications

Can Section 125 Plans Help Lower- and Middle-Income Workers Afford Health Insurance?

Issue Brief coverA new issue brief explores how IRS Section 125 employee benefit plans could help lower taxable income and tax liability by letting employees pay their share of employer health insurance premiums on a pre-tax basis. Read about how states are using these plans to increase access to health coverage.

Report Highlights 2006 State Food Stamp Participation Rates

A new policy brief includes state and regional breakdowns and comparisons of state Food Stamp Program participation rates. Sixty-seven percent of those eligible for the program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), received benefits in 2006, a two percentage point increase from 2005.