Donald Berwick Selected to Run the Center for Medicare and Medicaid, Len Nichols Supports Berwick’s Theories

March 31, 2010 Written by Shuchita Madan President Obama has chosen Dr. Donald Berwick  as a nominee to direct the Center for Medicare and Medicaid.  This is especially important as Congress is in the process of implementing health reform.  Dr. Berwick will be influential and have a monumental impact on the future of the two [...]

Dr. Nichols Testifies on Cost Control Before Massachusetts Officials

March 18, 2010 Written by Shuchita Madan On March 16, 2010, Len M. Nichols testified(Len M. Nichols Testimony for Massachusetts Officials March 2010) on the first day of a set of hearings organized by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy to focus on what Massachusetts — and the nation — can do [...]

Why Doing Nothing is not an Option - Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

Introduction: Commissioner Morales and Other Distinguished Guests, thank you for inviting my testimony today on the urgency of finding policy solutions to our health care cost problems at the local, state and national levels. My name is Len M. Nichols. I am a health economist, a Professor of Health Policy, and the Director of the [...]

“Health Reform 2010: Where are we and where are we headed?” - Multiple Locations

“Health Reform 2010: Where are we and where are we headed?,” This presentation took place on the following dates:  Grantmakers in Health, March 10, 2010; North Carolina Hospital Association, February 19, 2010; Texas Hospital Association, February 17, 2010; American Hospital Association Board of Directors, February 1, 2010; Americas Health Insurance Plans Executive Council, February 4, [...]

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