Already in 2023, Republican-controlled legislatures across the country have re-doubled their efforts to restrict the democratic process. In Missouri, House Republicans passed a bill that would require ...

Oregon’s public health system uses accountability metrics to improve health, eliminate inequities, and practice stewardship. First enacted into law during the 2015 legislative session, with additions ...

Joseph Alvarnas, MD: Is there an easy fix for the dearth of robust quality measures? My bias is that—based upon how we’re willing to measure things and the amount of administrative burden that we’re ...

Performance on Medicare Star Ratings medication adherence measures is significantly tied to performance on the intermediate outcome and statin process measures. Objectives: To assess the interrelation ...

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Remember when the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting approach was the new kid on the block? It was simple and made intuitive sense—a compelling strategy to reduce healthcare costs and boost quality for ...

Over the past several decades, an appealing idea rapidly gained popularity: The government could advance a health care system that rewarded the quality of care rather than the volume of care. Medicare ...

Sen. Kim Hammer (R-Benton), who is running for Secretary of State in 2026, was the lead sponsor of several bills in 2025 designed to limit or end direct democracy in Arkansas. In 2025, Arkansas ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...