IHA In The News

October 2012
Bundled Episode of Care Payments
Cal Ortho On-line Special Report (California Orthopaedic Association)

June 11, 2012
10 Steps to Negotiate Smart Bundled Payment Deals for Orthopedic Surgery
Becker's Spine Review (Laura Miller)

May 24, 2012
Practices in low-income areas score lower on pay-for-performance measures
American Medical News (Victoria Stagg Elliott)

February 14, 2012
Price Variation and Confidentiality in the Market for Medical Devices
The Health Care Blog (Emma Dolan, MPP, MPH)

December 13, 2011
Do Physician Organizations Located in Lower Socioeconomic Status Areas Score Lower on Pay-for-Performance Measures?
Journal of General Internal Medicine (Alyna T. Chien, MD, MS, Kristen Wroblewski, PhD, Cheryl Damberg, PhD, Thomas R. Williams, DrPH, MBA, Dolores Yanagihara, MPH, Yelena Yakunina, BSc, and Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, PhD)

December 2, 2011
Implementing Bundled Payment: No Pain, No Gain?
Health Affairs Blog (Emma Dolan, MPP, MPH)

November 11, 2011
Patient Care Management (Article Pull Out from California Health Plan Analysis)
HealthLeaders-InterStudy (Chris Lewis)

November 4, 2011
New Cost Tool Aims to Boost Pay for Performance Model of Care
California Healthline (Mari Edlin)

August 31, 2011
The Challenges Of Payment Reform And Administrative Simplification
Health Affairs Blog (Emma Dolan, MPP, MPH)

August 24, 2011
Bundled Payments and the Scars of Capitation
California Healthline (Dan Diamond)

June 28, 2011
Step-by-step quality improvement measures can ease ACO implementation
FierceHealthcare (Karen M. Cheung)

April 1, 2011
Planning for ACOs Off to a Slow Start
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber)  - subscription required

March 29, 2011
Summit Awash in ACO Talk 
Modern Healthcare (Rebecca Vesely) - subscription required

February 11, 2011
Integrated Healthcare Association wins $2.9M grant to study "bundled" pay for health care entities 
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber)

January 31, 2011
How Might Physician Comparisons Change Landscape?
California Healthline (Emma Dolan and Dolores Yanagihara, MPH)

January 24, 2011
Integrated Healthcare Association nabs $281K grant, boosts pay-for-performance
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber) 

January 3, 2011
Is California Ready for Health Care Profit Sharing?
California Healthline (Weslie Kary, MPP/MPH, et. al.)