Day: February 4, 2016
Provider Market Power and Cost Containment
February 4, 2016
ITUP's report on the impacts of provider market power and healthcare cost containment, authored by Vishaal Pegany, is now available. While more individuals are covered by insurance, the rate of health care cost growth continues to outpace economic growth, resulting in higher premiums…
Read MoreITUP Analysis and Summary of the §1115 Waiver Renewal
February 4, 2016
ITUP has prepared a six-part summary of California's Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver, which went into effect at the beginning of 2016. The new waiver aims to build off of the successes of the Bridge to Reform waiver, which expired at the end of 2015. The analysis is freely available…
Read More§1115 Waiver Renewal Analysis: Global Payment Program (GPP)
February 4, 2016
This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Before the Medi-Cal 2020 waiver, the federal/local financing of care for the uninsured was anachronistic. It incentivizes treating uninsured individuals at the hospital emergency room (the most expensive…
Read More§1115 Waiver Renewal Analysis: Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal
February 4, 2016
This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal (PRIME) is an ambitious follow-up program to the successful Delivery System Reform Incentive Pool (DSRIP) for county, district, and University of California…
Read MoreAnalysis of §1115 Waiver Renewal: Dental Transformation Initiative
February 4, 2016
This is part of an ITUP series on the Medi-Cal 2020 §1115 waiver renewal. Under the Medi-Cal Dental program, dental services are provided to about 5.5 million Medi-Cal beneficiaries under the age of 20. The program aims to facilitate consistent and easy access to high quality dental…
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