View the Washington: Finding Our Bearings
Emerging models for Accountable Care Organizations Ever since President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 (PPACA), into law, the…
Articles by Robert Betz Ph.D.
View from Washington: Unchartered Waters
Regulators will have to make sense of the healthcare reform provisions Editor’s Note: The following article will continue in a series of blogs on Blog.JHConline.com…
One More Temporary “Doc Fix” for Medicare
One of the orphan pieces of legislating left over from the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or the so-called “Affordable…
View from Washington: A Potential Judicial Wreck over the Health Reform Act
Leroy has a self-authorized land grant at the George Washington University, where I teach. The area between the law school and the fountain at the…
View from Washington: Regaining Our Sight
How one patient’s medical journey back to the United States is a reminder of what’s most important about our healthcare system His name is Paul….
Washington Report: Bipartisan Summit on Health Reform and the Reconciliation Road Ahead
At the end of February, President Obama met with members of Congress during a bipartisan summit on health reform. This event, which lasted nearly seven…
View from Washington: A Wink and a Nod
The Capitol Hill maneuvering of when politics become policy Assuming health reform passes and is signed into law, what comes next? Given results of the…
View from Washington: Washington Report
Inching closer to health reform on Capitol Hill After months of debating and wheeling/dealing, healthcare reform moved forward in the U.S. Senate on December 24….
View from Washington – Entering the Maze
The problem with access under health reform The major policy objective chosen by President Obama and most of the Democrats in Congress regarding health reform…
View from Washington – Should vendor paid administrative fees go directly to hospitals?
‘Too Important Not to Do’ Should vendor paid administrative fees go directly to hospitals? William Faulkner once said “I have found that the greatest help…