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We Can't Let Infant Mortality Disparities Continue
January 05, 2018 | Perspective
The rate at which children die in the first year of life—a basic measure of population health—has declined in the U.S. over the past decade, but remains higher than peer nations, and varies dramatically for populations across the country.
Health Care Spending Growth Appears to Stabilize in 2016, 2017
December 15, 2017 | Press Release
New data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), which show slower growth in 2016, combined with other slow-growth trends in 2017, suggest overall national health spending is stabilizing, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs.
WIC Pilot Program Launches Preventive Dental Services to Children in Detroit and Beyond
December 14, 2017 | Press Release
A partnership between several nonprofit and government organizations has led to more than 1,000 children over the past year visiting a dentist in Wayne County. The pilot program, funded by the Delta Dental Foundation, brings together Altarum’s Michigan Caries Prevention Program and McMillen Health to provide oral health training and program evaluation to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program.
Enhancing Collaboration and Communication Between Medical and Community Settings
December 12, 2017 | Perspective
As evidence accumulates on how community-based organizations (CBO) can cost effectively meet the medical and long-term care needs of older adults through supportive services, the importance of linking multiple data streams across settings becomes clear.
Altarum's Response to CMS's Request for a "New Direction"
December 01, 2017 | Announcement
Altarum responded to the CMS Innovation Center’s informal Request for Information on a new direction to promote patient-centered care and test market-driven reforms that empower beneficiaries as consumers, provide price transparency, increase choices and competition to drive quality, reduce costs, and improve outcomes.
Sluggish Hospital Spending Continues to Restrain Growth in Overall Health Spending
November 09, 2017 | Press Release
Total health spending growth in September was 4.3% higher compared to a year earlier primarily due to slow growth in hospital spending.
Re-Designing Society for Our Future Selves
September 25, 2017 | Perspective
Imagine that the government assembled a “Medicare Design Commission” that includes not only the usual assorted experts, but at least as many 88-year old women living alone on Social Security in second floor walk-ups, aiming to have them represent the target population of elderly people coming to face the multiple challenges of disabilities, caregiving, and finances. What would emerge as the top priorities for an insurance plan?
Pick up the PACE to a New World of Eldercare
August 21, 2017 | Perspective
What do you need to know in order to remain in your own home as the years advance? Where can you turn for good, reliable services in a costly, chaotic, constantly shifting health care system? One possible answer is PACE (the Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) program.