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All Over the Map

Newly updated to include breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

Medi-Cal Transforms

Medi-Cal is the main source of health insurance for one in five Californians. An updated report gives an overview of the program's key features, describes how the program is evolving, and examines the challenges ahead.

Obama Care in the Second Term

CHCF is a long-time sponsor of the UC Irvine Forecast Conference. A webcast of this year's conference on health policy in President Obama's second term is now available.

Health Care Costs

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05/07/2012

Michael Samms

It is sad that most cost reduction fixes includes an indiscriminate across-the-board freeze for reimbursement regardless of location, rural or urban. We must find a reimbursement innovation that effectively addresses over-served and under-served areas AND it should protect primary care physician income.

This reimbursement innovation must be simple and work regardless of any regulatory changes and there must be no interference with a provider's medical and clinical judgment. This innovation must address appropriate levels of services in a specific geographical area while preserving appropriate patient services. There is an innovation that represents the solution needed. This innovation can be found at www.sesscoring.com


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