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November 02, 2009
Hospital Value Index™ Quality Award Recipients Released
Superior Quality Merit Award recognizes 75 hospitals nationwide NASHVILLE, Tenn. ‐ Data Advantage, LLC announced today 75 hospitals receiving a Best in Value™: Superior Quality Merit Award from the 2009‐2010 Hospital Value Index™ the first and only national study on U.S. hospitals and the value of care they provide. The 2009‐2010 Hospital Value Index™is an independent analysis [...]

October 12, 2009
100 Top Best in Value(TM) Hospitals
Hospital Value Index: Top 100 Best in Value ™ Hospitals Released 100 Top Best in Value(TM) Hospitals Hospitals in New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Alabama and North Carolina cited the most (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) ‐ Data Advantage, LLC announced today the Top 100 Hospital: Best in Value Hospitals™ list from the 2009‐2010 Hospital Value [...]

September 19, 2009
New Study of Best In Value™ Hospitals Highlights Potential Savings
NEW STUDY OF BEST IN VALUE™ HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL SAVINGS OF $600B OVER 10 YEARS Hospital Value Index™ reveals 747 hospitals leading the way in delivering affordable, quality care Top Findings: America’s best hospital value often found in smaller towns, Midwest states Washington, D.C. – The most comprehensive study of the Best in Value™ care provided [...]

September 01, 2009
2009-2010 HospitalValueIndex™ Findings – TeachingHospitals
Headline: For Routine Care, U.S. Teaching Hospitals Provide Similar Value to Non‐Teaching Hospitals 2009-2010 HospitalValueIndex™ Findings

August 26, 2009
2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™ Releases Top Markets
STUDY REVEALS U.S. MARKETS WITH THE BEST VALUE OF CARE Hospitals in smaller markets deliver better value than hospitals in large urban areas 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index™ Release Top Markets Hospitals in smaller markets deliver better value than hospitals in large urban areas Want to be sure you are spending your healthcare dollars wisely? Fortunately, the latest version [...]

May 04, 2009
NashvillePost.com: It’s never the same anywhere
The Nashville Post By Walker Duncan Posted on May 4, 2009 at 12:22 pm Nashville’s Data Advantage today released results of its state-by-state hospital comparison, part of its Hospital Value Index……….. It’s never the same anywhere – Published in The Nashville Post

April 03, 2009
Value of Hospital Care Varies Widely
April 03, 2009 | Richard Pizzi, Editor NASHVILLE, TN – The value of care offered to hospital patients can vary by as much as 40 percent across the United States, according to a recent study examining quality, affordability, efficiency and patient satisfaction at more than 3,000 hospitals………….. Value of hospital care varies widely – Published in healthcarefinancenews.com

January 22, 2009
HFMA News – Financial Health Findings Released
HFMA News – Financial Health Findings Released

August 20, 2008
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed Value-Based Purchasing
Why Does It Matter? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed Value-Based Purchasing as a new policy initiative “to drive improvements in clinical quality, patient-centeredness and efficiency” in hospitals. CMS’s goal is to “transform Medicare from a passive payer of claims to an active purchaser of care.” (SOURCE: Report To Congress: Plan to [...]

Media Coverage

July 5, 2009
Payment for care will be value-based as published in The Tennessean - View

May 4, 2009
NashvillePost.com: It’s never the same anywhere - View

April 3, 2009
Healthcare Finance News: Value of hospital care varies widely - View

April 1, 2009
Baptist DeSoto scores well in study - View

March 31, 2009
Report: Baptist DeSoto scores highest value - View

March 26, 2009
Inside Healthcare: Eastern Long Island Hospital - The Value of Dedication - View

March 13, 2009
Fort Smith City Wire- Value of hospital care measured in national study - View

August, 2008
Nashville Medical News- Nashville Firm Releases Hospital Value Index - Download PDF

June 25, 2008
New York Post- Bronx Hosp Makes Top 10 - Download PDF

June 24, 2008
Wall Street Journal Health Blog- Ranking Hospitals on Bang for Buck - Download PDF

June 24, 2008
Healthcare Finance News- First scorecard ranking U.S. hospitals on value of care unveiled at HFMA - Download PDF

Industry News from "The Healthcare Value Blog"

October 28, 2009
Midlands hospitals make top-value list
Published Oct 28, 2009 Published Wednesday October 28, 2009 Omaha World-Herald®. Midlands hospitals make top-value list Three Alegent Health hospitals are on a top 100 list of hospitals providing a good value to patients. The list is based on an analysis of the value of care at hospitals nationally. The list is from Data Advantage, a health care information company [...]

October 12, 2009
BMC gets high mark
The hospital is first in New England and 86th nationally out of 4,500 acute-care facilities in a survey. By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Sunday, Oct. 11 PITTSFIELD — Berkshire Medical Center has been ranked first in both the state and New England in a nationwide study conducted by a Tennessee firm that measures health-care value. Nationally, BMC was [...]

September 16, 2009
Community Hospitals May Provide Higher Quality, Value
Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 16, 2009 Some of the highest value hospital care actually may be provided by nearby community-based hospitals, according to the 2009-2010 Hospital Value Index released Tuesday that ranks hospitals by an analysis using publically available data on quality, affordability, efficiency, and patient satisfaction performance data…………………….. Community Hospitals May Provide Higher [...]

September 16, 2009
The Chairman’s Mark – America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009 – Sen. Baucus
The Health Care Reform Mark Document, direct from Max Baucus’ Senate Finance Committee.

September 08, 2009
Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform – Senator Baucus
Latest proposal from Senator Baucus (Chairman Baucus) to the Senante Finance Committee.

July 29, 2009
Roll Call: “House Health Deal Reached; No Floor Vote Until September”
According to Roll Call, a floor vote on healthcare reform will not come up until September: “House leaders, the White House and four Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee reached a deal Wednesday on a health care overhaul.” Click here for the story. (Paid account required to see entire story.)

July 25, 2009
CBO Releases Analysis of Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) Act of 2009
Analysis of Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) Act Link to Director’s Blog OMB Director Responds to CBO Budget Score on the Administration’s Proposal for an Independent Medicare Advisory Council (IMAC) – July 25, 2009 Link to OMB Director’s Blog

July 19, 2009
BO/Joint Committee on Taxation Release Preliminary Cost Estimate of H.R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act
BO/Joint Committee on Taxation Release CBO Director’s Blog House and Energy Committee Website

July 17, 2009
Side-by-Side Analysis of Key Coverage Provisions of the Senate HELP Bill, H.R. 3200 and the Senate Finance Draft Proposal
Side-by-Side Analysis of Key Coverage Provisions

July 15, 2009
Nurses Join the Call for Health Care Reform
Nurses Join the Call for Health Care Reform

July 14, 2009
CBO Releases Preliminary Analysis of the Insurance Coverage Aspects of the House Tri-Committee Bill
CBO Releases Preliminary Analysis of the Insurance Coverage Aspects of the House Tri-Committee Bill

July 14, 2009
House Tri-Committee Bill, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act
House Tri-Committee Bill, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Introduced Today – July 14, 2009

July 10, 2009
Health Reform and the Middle Class
The White House.gov Blog FRIDAY, JULY 10TH, 2009 AT 11:37 AM as posted in The White House.gov Blog. As the Vice President was beginning his roundtable with HHS Secretary Sebelius and White House Health Reform Director DeParle, the Middle Class Task Force was releasing its new report : “Why Middle Class Americans Need Health Reform.”…………………………….. Read the full [...]

July 08, 2009
The Consensus Grows: Hospitals for Health Reform
The Consensus Grows: Hospitals for Health Reform -WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH, 2009 AT 12:45 PM BACKGROUND ON TODAY’S HEALTH CARE ANNOUNCEMENT REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT AT HEALTH CARE ANNOUNCEMENT

July 08, 2009
House Committees Release Preliminary CBO Estimate on the Medicare Portion of the Tri-Committee Discussion Draft
House Committees Release Preliminary CBO Estimate on the Medicare Portion of the Tri-Committee Discussion Draft - July 8, 2009 Preliminary CBO Estimate on the Medicare Portion of the Tri-Committee Discussion Draft

July 07, 2009
Likely Effects of Substantially Expanding Medicaid Eligibility
CBO Releases Letter to Sen. Gregg on Likely Effects of Substantially Expanding Medicaid Eligibility - July 7, 2009 Letter to Sen. Gregg

July 02, 2009
the provisions of title I of draft legislation called the Affordable Health Choices Act
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20515 July 2, 2009 Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chairman Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) have completed a preliminary analysis of the provisions of title I of draft [...]

July 01, 2009
‘Reconciliation’ to Pass Health Bill Won’t Work
By Morton M. Kondracke Roll Call Executive Editor July 1, 2009, 1:28 p.m. Liberal health reform advocates have talked about ramming a reform plan — including a Medicare-like public insurance option — through the Senate with only 51 Democratic votes. But a leading Senate player says it won’t work…… ‘Reconciliation’ to Pass Health Bill Won’t Work

July 01, 2009
Full Video: A National Discussion on Health Care Reform – President Obama
The President takes questions on health reform directly from the public in an online town hall.

June 27, 2009
State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information
AHRQ State Snapshots The State Snapshots provide State-specific health care quality information, including strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement. The goal is to help State officials and their public- and private-sector partners better understand health care quality and disparities in their State……….. View the 2008 State Snapshots State Selection Map The State Selection Map allows you to choose your State [...]

June 26, 2009
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN “PRESCRIPTION FOR AMERICA” TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN “PRESCRIPTION FOR AMERICA” TOWN HALL ON HEALTH CARE

June 19, 2009
Former Senate Majority Leaders Baker, Daschle and Dole Release Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform
Bipartisan Framework for Comprehensive Health Reform

June 19, 2009
Discussion Draft: Current draft of the house of representatives bill
THE HOUSE TRI-COMMITTEE HEALTH REFORM DISCUSSION DRAFT SUMMARY The discussion draft provides quality affordable health care for all Americans and controls health care cost growth. Key provisions of the discussion draft being released today include: •COVERAGE AND CHOICE •AFFORDABILITY •SHARED RESPONSIBILITY •CONTROLLING COSTS •PREVENTION AND WELLNESS •WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS An American Soution – Quality Affordable Health Care – Summary Current Full Draft of [...]

June 19, 2009
Former Senate Leaders Weigh In on Reform
By Ceci Connolly The Washington Post Bipartisanship hasn’t died quite yet. It only took a year, but a bipartisan band of former Senate majority leaders — Democrat Tom Daschle (S.D.) and Republicans Bob Dole (Kan.) and Howard Baker (Tenn.) — say they’ve come up with a health-reform plan they all can live with…………….. Former Senate Leaders [...]

June 16, 2009
Health Reform and Federal Budget / Committee on the Budget
Health Reform and Federal Budget

June 16, 2009
Health Industry Stake Holders from Committee on Ways and Means
Health Industry Stake Holders

June 15, 2009
Remarks by The President at the annual conference of the American Medical Association
By ROBERT PEAR and JACKIE CALMES Published: June 15, 2009 WASHINGTON — President Obama went before a convention of receptive but wary doctors on Monday to make the economic case for a health care overhaul, both for the nation and for the physicians’ own bottom lines…… The New York Times: Cost Concerns as Obama Pushes Health Issue [...]

June 15, 2009
Congressional Budget Office – Cost Concerns Arise after Preliminary Analysis of Major Provisions Related to Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Health Choices Act
Congressional Budget Office – Cost Concerns Arise after Preliminary Analysis of Major Provisions Related to Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Health Choices Act

June 13, 2009
Weekly Address: Health Care Reform as the Key to Our Fiscal Future
The President has long noted that skyrocketing health care costs will be disastrous in terms of our long term national debt unless we pass real reform. In this Weekly Address, the President also explains how he will cover the upfront costs of reform by eliminating overpayments from Medicaid and Medicare and driving down costs contributing to government’s health [...]

June 05, 2009
Hospital Value Index™
The Data Advantage Hospital Value Index™ is the first comprehensive scorecard measuring the relative value of care provided by U.S. hospitals. This new measure studied more than 1,500 general acute-care hospitals in America’s 100 largest cities, serving approximately 180 million consumers. This new measure, the Data Advantage Hospital Value Index™ , was developed in anticipation of [...]

June 03, 2009
The White House: THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM
The White House: THE ECONOMIC CASE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM

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