June 26, 2008 - The Spring Street site of the Wheaton Franciscan Medical Group (WFMG) is one of 12 primary care practices featured in Commonwealth Fund case studies of high- performing patient-centered primary care practices.
Case Study
June 26, 2008 - The Cardinal Primary Care Medical Group is one of 12 practice sites featured in Commonwealth Fund case studies of high-performing patient-centered primary care practices.
Case Study
June 25, 2008 - The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has contracted the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care to administer the SoonerCare Health Management Program for high-risk Medicaid members and primary care providers.
State Profile
June 25, 2008 - The North Carolina Healthcare Quality Alliance (NCHQA) is a plan to standardize care across the state for five of the most common and costly chronic conditions.
State Profile
May 29, 2008 - Despite the value many family physicians place on communicating with their patients, patients' expectations are often not met in routine primary care visits.
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May 21, 2008 - North Dakota faces health care challenges common to many rural areas of the U.S., but the state's health care system appears to be performing better than that in many other states--rural or urban. A new Fund report shows how North Dakota is getting it done.
Case Study
April 28, 2008 - The Minnesota Legislature is currently engaged in a dramatic health care reform debate. Legislation based on the work of a pair of study panels passed the state Senate and House of Representatives and was handed to a conference committee for fine-tuning.
State Profile
April 28, 2008 - Wisconsin's BadgerCare Plus, an expansion of its State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) launched on February 1, 2008, extends health coverage and at the same time emphasizes individuals' responsibility for improving their own health. This is expected to achieve better health outcomes and value for each health care dollar spent.
State Profile
April 28, 2008 - On February 13, 2008, Governor Bill Ritter announced a multifaceted plan for improving Colorado's health care system, with a focus on improving quality and containing costs. One element of the plan calls for the creation of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care, an interdisciplinary think tank that will identify and develop cost control and quality improvement strategies.
State Profile
April 28, 2008 - Massachusetts' passage of health care reform legislation in April 2006 heralded an exciting new era in state health policy. The reform plan is the most comprehensive effort by a state to achieve near-universal coverage, and arguably the most controversial, given its inclusion of an individual mandate.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - Connecticut has begun an effort to develop a range of electronic infrastructure tools that will be shared across health care providers to speed the delivery of necessary health care services.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - Minnesota's Quality Care and Rewarding Excellence (QCare) program seeks to realize savings to the public by insisting on stringent quality and safety standards in state health contracts.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - In Maine's pursuit of quality improvement, it is using measurement, public reporting of data, and identification of high achievers to understand its health care delivery systems and improve outcomes.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - The Oregon Health Policy Commission was created by the Oregon Legislature in 2003 as a public body to develop and oversee health policy for the state.
State Profile
April 7, 2008 - Maryland is one of several states that regulate the small-group health insurance marketplace by setting a minimum benefit package that insurers competing in this market must offer.
State Profile