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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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More States Follow Washington's Value-Based Lead

By Guest Blogger | Published: April 22, 2011
Cameron McClearn looks at how Washington State’s approach to health care value is beginning to influence the rest of the country. Many trends start on the West Coast and migrate to the rest of the nation. The Washington State health care system is worth watching as officials evaluate the economic value of medical treatments for state [...]
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Inspector General Puts Forest CEO in the Crosshairs

By Ben Comer | Published: April 15, 2011
Forest Laboratories’ CEO Howard Solomon was no doubt surprised to receive a form letter from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on April 8, which, if acted upon, would exclude him from doing business with federal healthcare plans, including Medicare and Medicaid. Solomon has 30 days to explain to the OIG why he should not be [...]
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The Potential Pain in Deficit Reduction

By Jennifer Ringler | Published: November 17, 2010
The US National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility’s draft report report signals US embrace of a fixed annual global budget for health care spending — experience in other countries suggests this will add to pressure for further cost controls on medicines beyond what is ordered up in Obamacare. Last week, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs for [...]
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