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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, […]

Public Briefing This briefing highlighted policy options to promote health care coverage and affordability through the individual health insurance market. Our panel discussed trends in commercial health insurance enrollment and affordability. Most people in the United States under age 65 purchase health care coverage through commercial insurers—about nine percent purchase coverage through state exchanges and […]

    Public Briefing Rates of maternal mortality are on the rise in the United States, with black women dying from pregnancy-related causes at three to four times the rate of white women. Experts agree that policies to reduce maternal mortality across the United States and eliminate these racial disparities must be multifaceted. This briefing […]

Public Half-Day Summit  This first topic examined the impact of nonmedical drivers of health-often called “social determinants of health”, on patients and the health system. It has become increasingly clear that efforts to improve quality, lower costs, and enhance patient satisfaction cannot succeed without addressing socio-economic status and nonmedical drivers of health such as housing, […]