Grantees in the News

In a podcast about how consumers are interacting with transparency, Steve Koch of Sitewire Health interviewed David Schleifer, Ph.D., Public Agenda, about his recently completed study, funded under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Understanding the Use and Impact of Price Data in Health Care solicitation.

In a blog post about payment reform, Suzanne Delbanco, Executive Director, Catalyst for Payment Reform, discussed the impact of these initiatives on consumers.

As retail clinics seek to meet the demands of the “convenience revolution” in health care, pharmacists in these and similar venues are stepping into a new role—one that is out from behind the counter, The Los Angeles Times reported. Pharmacists at AltaMed clinic see patients with chronic illnesses to help them manage their symptoms as well as discuss diet, exercise and stress.

Sovaldi, a new hepatitis C drug, has garnered national and international attention not only for its curative nature for also for its hefty price tag. Drugs like Sovaldi increased Medicare spending on medications that cure liver disease by more than 15 times what Medicare spent the year before on older treatments for the disease, the Washington Post reported.

In an article outlining price transparency considerations for providers, Fierce Health Finance cited findings from a recent Public Agenda report on Americans' use of price data in health care.

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) announced the acceptance of 45 distinguished new members, including current HCFO grantee Alison Cuellar, George Mason University, and former HCFO grantee Thomas Wickizer