HCFO News

HCFO Year in Review

Publication Date: 
January 17, 2013

“Narrow Provider Networks” So Far Not Spreading Quickly from Health Exchanges, to Employer Plans

Publication Date: 
December 15, 2016


WASHINGTON—So-called “narrow provider networks,” which limit covered health providers in health plans, do not appear to be crossing over rapidly from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health exchanges into employment-based health plans, according to a new analysis from Mark A. Hall, J.D., Wake Forest University, and Paul Fronstin, Ph.D., Employee Benefit Research Institute, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing & Organization (HCFO) Initiative.

HCFO Year in Preview and Review

Publication Date: 
January 12, 2016

Recently, we’ve witnessed exciting changes as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation works to build a national Culture of Health enabling all in our diverse society to lead healthy lives, now and for generations to come. Those changes have required some necessary priority shifts – the development of new programs and the sunset of others. During the past year and in the coming months, we will continue to wind down the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program with its close scheduled for September 2016.

Webinar Recording Now Available - Implications of Narrow Networks and the Tradeoff between Price and Choice

Publication Date: 
April 7, 2015

Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT

Overview: With the proliferation of narrow network plans on the new marketplaces, consumers are being steered to plans that offer lower prices but limited choice. Insurers may offer narrow network plans to attract price-sensitive consumers who are willing to tradeoff network breadth for less costly premiums. Yet, anecdotal evidence suggests that the resulting provider networks may be narrower than expected, leaving consumers vulnerable to the financial burden of out-of-network care.

HCFO Year in Review

Publication Date: 
January 15, 2015

As a wise Greek philosopher once noted, the only thing constant is change. One exciting change for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is the movement towards building a Culture of Health in America, with a new emphasis on investments that promote health beyond the medical system to places where people live, learn, work, and play. While this means we will wind down the Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program, the contributions of HCFO-funded research will certainly endure.

Webinar Recording Now Available - Measuring Health Insurance Coverage: Improvements and New Opportunities in the Current Population Survey

Publication Date: 
October 1, 2014

Overview: This webinar was presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative.

HCFO Grantees at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting

Publication Date: 
May 14, 2014

We are looking forward to seeing past and current HCFO grantees at AcademyHealth’s 2014 Annual Research Meeting (ARM), June 8-10 in San Diego. A schedule of the sessions featuring current and former grantees is listed below.

Sunday, June 8

HCFO Year in Review

Publication Date: 
January 15, 2014

The past year saw significant changes in the health care system as implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continued and marketplaces evolved.  For policymakers and health care leaders trying to make decisions in the midst of this changing environment, the critical need for evidence remained a constant.

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