@VBIDHealth
 Washington, DC
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Joined June 2012
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Sept. 17, Mike Chernew, from @VBIDHealth and #Harvard Medical School will present on waste in the healthcare system: medinsight.milliman.com/even…
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#MembersOnly: IRS releases forms for PPACA reporting for large employers and insurers ow.ly/zASiV
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Lots of thoughtful analysis in @EBRI's latest Issue Brief on employee benefits: ow.ly/zFxv1
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VBID Health and Milliman working to eliminate waste in the health care system info.medinsight.milliman.com…
VBID Health and Milliman announce launch of MedInsight Waste Calculator to id wasteful spending bizjournals.com/prnewswire/p…
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Choosing Wisely Grantees | Patient Doctor Conversations choosingwisely.org/grantees/…
Exciting progress -- VBID programs leading to healthier babies well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/…

Rate of Early C-Sections Has Slowed, Study Finds

In a trend that public health officials call encouraging, fewer women are undergoing early-term Caesarean deliveries. The rate of C-sections overall, which had risen steeply since the mid-1990s,...

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Will Consumers Sign On For Health Law’s Co-Ops? - Kaiser Health News kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories… via @khnews
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NYT Health
@NYTHealth26 Apr 2013
Democratic Senators Tell White House of Concerns About Health Care Law Rollout nyti.ms/Zorz7a

Democratic Senators Tell White House of Concerns About Health Care Law Rollout (Published 2013)

Some lawmakers worry that they could pay a political price if the introduction of the law was messy or if premiums went up significantly.

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Congrats Milbank Memorial Fund 4 tapping Chris Koller as next President. Carmen Hooker Odom leaves big shoes to fill & Koller is A+ choice
A Review of the U.S. Workplace Wellness Market | RAND rand.org/pubs/occasional_pap…

A Review of Workplace Wellness Programs

Ninety-two percent of U.S. employers with 200 or more employees reported offering workplace wellness programs in 2009. However, participation remains limited; a 2010 survey suggests that typically...

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States Urged to Expand Medicaid With Private Insurance nyti.ms/16LNlUG

States Urged to Expand Medicaid With Private Insurance (Published 2013)

The idea of using federal “premium assistance” to buy commercial insurance for new Medicaid beneficiaries is a sharp departure from the 2010 health care law.

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Less-invasive surgery tied to less cost, absenteeism reut.rs/13cKKnR
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MN Gov. Dayton has signed #exchange enabling legislation twincities.com/politics/ci_2…

Minnesota health insurance exchange now official

Gov. Mark Dayton signed legislation Wednesday, March 20, creating a health insurance exchange in Minnesota, a move supporters call the state’s most sweeping coverage reform in 50 years. About 1.3...

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POLITICO
@politico20 Mar 2013
#Breaking: The 73-26 Senate CR vote followed deal to forestall furloughs of food safety inspectors this summer politi.co/13cj1nj
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Arkansas Republicans seek an acceptable solution to Medicaid expansion, that include VBID elements reut.rs/WBG31C
Some older adults get unnecessary colonoscopies reut.rs/WErkFu via @reuters
Alan Weil on Arkansas proposal to allow Medicaid benes to get coverage from the exchange bit.ly/Yq8YT0
VBID Health partner Mark Fendrick in a video on increasing value in health care bit.ly/14uUB3m
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UM V-BID Center@UM_VBID2 Feb 2013
NEW #CMS INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE CARE AND REDUCE #MEDICARE COSTS. Bundled payment with #VBID better than either alone. go.cms.gov/14wHmRK
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