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Public Half-Day Summit  Along with multiple efforts to define and achieve value-based care across the public and private sectors, unprecedented innovations in technology and medicine are continuously being introduced that challenge current paradigms for health care financing and delivery. During this summit, keynote speakers and panel experts explored the latest advancements and the remaining challenges […]

Public Briefing The Medicare Part D program, an optional prescription drug benefit plan, currently covers over two-thirds of Medicare beneficiaries. The changing prescription drug landscape, including rising prices for prescriptions, has challenged the design of the program. This briefing oriented the audience to proposals introduced by Congress and the administration to reform Medicare Part D. […]

Public Briefing According to The Commonwealth Fund’s latest Health Insurance in America Survey, 30 million people in the United States remain uninsured, about 44 million are underinsured, and health care costs are growing faster than median wages in many parts of the country. This briefing oriented the audience to both current coverage and affordability trends […]

The Alliance Annual Dinner Awards recognized committed citizens, policymakers, media members, and leaders
who work toward solutions to improve health and health care through open, honest dialogue.

Public Briefing While pharmaceutical innovation has resulted in treatments—and in some cases, cures—for debilitating diseases, high prescription drug prices have precluded access for many people in the U.S. This fall, Congress and the administration are poised to consider many policies to reform the prescription drug market and reduce prices paid by consumers as well as […]

Public Briefing It has become increasingly clear that efforts to improve quality, lower costs, and enhance patient satisfaction cannot succeed without addressing socioeconomic status and nonmedical drivers of health—often called “social determinants of health”. However, the financing and oversight of holistic community initiatives is complicated, as they often involve a spectrum of municipal services, private […]

Public Webinar Health care has remained a leading issue in the 116th Congress and bipartisan momentum is growing around several key priorities. This fall, the House and Senate are poised to consider legislation surrounding drug pricing, surprise out-of-network billing, and various health care “extenders,” among other topics. With the 2020 presidential election cycle approaching, attention […]

Public Briefing It has become evident to many in the health policy community that the delivery of truly patient-centered care depends on eliciting, and acting upon, meaningful feedback from patients and families. It was only a decade ago that patient experience of hospital care was first routinely publicly reported via the Hospital Consumer Assessment of […]

Public Briefing A decade following the authorization of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), the significance and potential impact of comparative effectiveness research (CER) remains at the forefront of the health policy conversation. CER has offered an approach to evaluate the outcomes of different health care methods and identify which treatments matter most to patients. […]

Public Briefing Health care system practices have spurred a surprise billing epidemic. Surprise out-of-network billing, or balance billing, often occurs when patients with commercial insurance seek care from an entity covered by their health plan, but are unwittingly treated by an out-of-network provider. Because there is no negotiated rate between the provider and health plan, […]