IHA In The News

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.)

December 3, 2010
Federal Regulations Should Address Four Points of Concern for ACOs
Becker's Hospital Review (Lindsey Dunn)

November 1, 2010
Tests were inconclusive: California's experiment with ACOs raises questions about whether they'll save money
Modern Healthcare (Rebecca Vesely) - subscription required

November 1, 2010
New Study Outlines Unique Challenges for California ACOs: Consumer choice and controlling costs key issues
California Healthfax, Volume 17, Number 41 (Doug Desjardins)

Summer 2010
Big Changes Planned for P4P - Stakeholders Look to P4P to Help Address Healthcare Affordability
CAPG Health Magazine (Dolores Yanagihara, MPH)

June 3, 2010
New Payment Method May Help Curb Costs, Improve Care
California Healthline (David Gorn)

May 3, 2010
Tying it together: Bundled payment projects proceed, with some snags
Modern Healthcare (Jennifer Lubell) - subscription required

May 3, 2010
California Hospitals and Health Plans to Test Bundled Payments
California Healthfax, Volume 17, Number 17 (Doug Desjardins)

April 24, 2010
Healthcare providers experiment with lump sum pricing
Los Angeles Times (Duke Helfand)

April 5, 2010
Payment reform initiatives must get creative, experts say
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)

April 1, 2010
P4P summit debates merits of global capitation
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)

October 7, 2009
Blue Shield pay California doctors $29.6M in 2009 performance bonuses
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber)

September 28, 2009
P4P Awards Go To State's 48 Top Performing Physician Groups
California Healthfax, Volume 16, no. 34 (John Leighty)  

September 2009
Measurement Of And Reward For Efficiency In California's Pay For Performance Program
James C. Robinson, Thomas Williams, and Dolores Yanagihara, Health Affairs, September/October 2009; 28(5): 1438-1447.  

August 31, 2009
State's P4P Program Exposes Regional Health Disparities
California Healthfax, Volume 16, no. 31 (John Leighty)

August 26, 2009
P4P report shows that IT helps bridge quality gaps
Modern Healthcare Online (Rebecca Vesely)
Note: viewing online article requires subscription to Modern Healthcare Online.

July 27, 2009
California's trailblazing Pay for Performance initiative
California Healthfax, Volume 16, no. 26 (John Leighty)

July 17, 2009
Calif. P4P Program Sees IT Improvements: Report
Modern Healthcare Online (Rebecca Vesely)
Note: viewing online article requires subscription to Modern Healthcare Online.

July 7, 2009
Overhaul of medical care payments debated
Ventura County Star (Tom Kisken)

April 3, 2009
Payer P4P programs gain traction
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)

March 2009
AHIP's Innovations in Recognizing and Rewarding Quality
America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Innovations Monograph, March 2009

January 22, 2009
P4P Program Expands Focus to Include Cost Measurements             
Health Leaders InterStudy - California Health Plan Analysis (Chris Lewis)

May 29, 2008
Efficiency Measurement in P4P: Moving from Alchemy to Science
Blog (Tom Williams), Health Affairs, Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 12:49 pm

May 29, 2008
Pay for Performance: From Quality to Value
Blog (James C. Robinson), Health Affairs, Thursday, May, 2008 at 12:39 pm

May 22, 2008
Blue Shield of California Foundation Awards $12.3 Million: Community Clinics and Domestic Violence Shelters Top List of Recipients
Blue Shield of California Foundation (Press Release)
 
May 21, 2008
Study notes impact of device costs on profits
Modern Healthcare Online (Shawn Rhea)
 
April 1, 2008
Standards debated for P4P program
Healthcare Finance News (Patty Enrado)
 
March 3, 2008
Medical Groups Get $65M In Pay-For-Performance Bonuses: California awards highlighted at national P4P summit
California Healthfax, Volume 15, no.  9 (John Leighty)
 
February 27, 2008
California health insurers boost doctor bonus payments by $10M to $65M  
San Francisco Business Times (Chris Rauber)
 
February 27, 2008
Doctors get $10M bump in bonus payments
Sacramento Business Journal (Chris Rauber)
 
February 24, 2008
Pay for Performance movement is spreading in health care, but studies
show mixed results
San Diego Union-Tribune (Keith Darce)
 
February 19, 2008
Interview with Tom Williams on P4P Yields Incremental Results
and Outcomes Based ROI
Digital Healthcare & Productivity (Cynthia Atoji)