Tag Archives: healthcare reform

Less is More: HHS Austerity Care

By Guest Blogger | Published: May 1, 2012
By Tom Norton As the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) circles around the elements of health care that will actually be included in our new “Essential Health Benefits” (EHB), one aspect of the EHB offering has caused a tremendous stir among dozens of health groups.  Their collective concern is focused on the pharmaceutical [...]
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Supreme Court Considers the Affordable Care Act

By Reid Paul | Published: April 9, 2012
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HCR and the Supreme Court: Three Important Days in March

By Guest Blogger | Published: March 2, 2012
The Supreme Court will open up deliberations on the constitutionality of three important parts of healthcare reform (HCR) this month. by Tom Norton After nearly two years of legal wrangling, on November 14, 2011 the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) determined that as a result of contradictory US Appellate Courts findings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, [...]
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The 'S' Word in Healthcare Reform

By Guest Blogger | Published: December 19, 2011
by Tom Norton In little more than two years, the main elements of the HCR will take hold across the nation.  As implementation continues to ramp up, one of the more intriguing questions surrounding its activation is, is the “S” word being realized?…That is, “S” as in “savings.” Are the much publicized “savings” that were projected [...]
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IPAB : An HCR Acronym You Need to Understand

By Guest Blogger | Published: June 1, 2011
Tom Norton throws some light on the much-vaunted Independent Payment Advisory Board. Working towards our top issue for the June edition of the HCR Monthly Review, I continue to be struck by the amount of macroeconomic data that will be driving the new HCR law. Indeed, most of the key performance measures in the 2010 statute [...]
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