QUARTERLY HEALTH CARE REPORT
June/July 2009, Vol. 17
Cost, Quality and Access-to-Care Issues in the U.S. / Ohio / Northeast Ohio
By Tom Campanella
Director, Health Care MBA Program, Baldwin-Wallace College
Baldwin-Wallace College is pleased to offer its Quarterly Health Care Report by Professor Tom Campanella, director of the Health Care MBA program, as a courtesy to those in the health care sector. In it, Professor Campanella summarizes and comments on what's new on the critical issues of health care costs, quality and access to care at the national and international levels, as well as health care news of interest in Ohio and the Northeast Ohio region.
Introduction
The Quarterly Health Care Report focuses on proactive initiatives that address some of the fundamental issues impacting cost, quality and access in the U.S. This edition of the Quarterly Health Care Report focuses specifically on health care reform initiatives that are currently being debated in Washington, D.C. Healthcare costs represent 16.2% of the GDP which translates to over $2 trillion annually. This $2 trillion healthcare industry is primarily financed by the federal and state government, employers and consumers. Conversely these costs represent revenue to other healthcare stakeholders (e.g. hospitals, physicians, managed care organizations, long-term care industry, pharmaceutical/biotech industry, ancillary providers and suppliers of healthcare services, etc.). Each of these stakeholders has a vested interest to be actively involved in the healthcare reform debates.
This issue of the Quarterly will attempt to address the following questions:
- What is the likelihood of “real” national healthcare reform?
- What will be the next generation of healthcare provider reimbursement?
- What will be the “key” issues that will generate the most heated debate between healthcare stakeholders?
- Should there be an Insurance Exchange and Individual and employer mandates?
- What is the best role for the government and private sector to play in healthcare reform?
- Should there be a Public Plan?
- Should healthcare employee benefits be taxed?
IN THIS ISSUE
- What is the Likelihood of “Real” National Healthcare Reform?
- Fast Facts
- Multiple Agendas for Controlling Health Care Costs
- Will the U.S. take Advantage of the Window of Opportunity?
- Mission Critical: A New Reimbursement Model for Providers of Health Care Services
- Payment Reform Options: Episode Payment is a Good Place to Start
- What can be done to Address Lifestyle Diseases?
- Moving Boldly to Stem Health Care Spending
- EEOC Says that Mandatory Health Risk Assessments Violate ADA
- Congress Plans Incentives for Healthy Habits
- What is the role of Clinical Effectiveness Research?
- What will be the “Key” Issues that will Generate the Most Heated Debate Between Healthcare Stakeholders?
- Should there be an Insurance Exchange & Individual & Employer Mandates?
- Addressing Health Care Market Reform through an Insurance Exchange
- What is the best role for the Government and Private sector to play in Healthcare Reform? Should there be a Public Plan?
- Pricing a Medicare-Like Public Plan
- Should Employee Health Care Benefits be taxed?
- Capping the Tax Exclusion for Employment-Based Health Coverage: Implications for Employers and Workers
- Should Health Benefits be Taxed?
- Fast Facts
- Medicaid and the Impending Train Wreck in Ohio Government
- Shortchanging America’s Health – A State-by-State Look at How Federal Public Health Dollars are Spent and the Key State Health Facts
- MedCity News
- New Undergraduate Health Care Management Major/Minor
- Baldwin-Wallace College’s Open Houses:
- Berea - August 11, 2009; Beachwood – August 13, 2009
SOURCES:
Sources cited in this Quarterly Health Care Report are listed at the end of each article. The articles detailed in this Quarterly represent a summary or excerpts from the original articles that can be accessed in total through the associated source link at the end of each article.
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If you have any comments or observations concerning this Quarterly Health Care Report or you are interested in more information on Baldwin-Wallace College’s Health Care MBA Program, please contact Tom Campanella: tcamp@bw.edu
Baldwin-Wallace College provides Professor Tom Campanella's Quarterly Health Care Report as a courtesy to those in the health care sector. Comments, opinions, emphasis and content decisions are solely those of Tom Campanella.
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