State Health Watch Archives – January 1, 2006
January 1, 2006
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Medicaid update: Some positive news, some not so positive news
The fifth annual Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured surveys of Medicaid status produced mixed results, ... -
Study tentatively supports quality pay for performance
Publication of the first study to assess the effects of quality incentives in a large health plan has added to the optimism over the promise of pay-for-performance to improve the quality of health care. -
Medical bills drive people into debt
An estimated 77 million Americans - some 37% of U.S. adults - have difficulty paying medical bills, have accrued medical debt, or both, ... -
Report: Health disparities not well understood
While a global movement has stimulated a substantial effort to reduce health disparities by increasing apparent equity among disparate sub-populations, a recent report from the Public Health Policy Advisory Board, ... raises questions ... -
Malpractice claims dropping in reformed states
The frequency of malpractice claims has decreased by 1% from the 2004 figure, even as the severity of claims continues to rise, ... -
Clip files / Local news from the states
This column features selected short items about state health care policy.