Altarum Institute Blog - Len Nichols: Seven Challenges for Continued Health Care Cost Control: Will Congress Step Up to the Plate?

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This blog is an excerpt from Nichols’ testimony to the U.S. Senate Budget Committee on July 30, 2013.   View Blog    Testimony This blog is excerpted from his testimony to the Senate Budget Committee, July 30, 2013. - See more at: http://altarum.org/health-policy-blog/seven-challenges-for-continued-health-care-cost-control-will-congress-step-up-to-the-plate#sthash.ISVPcR3X.dpuf

Len Nichols speaks at the 16th Annual California Health Care Leadership Academy

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Len M. Nichols spoke to the 16th Annual California Health Care Leadership Academy  held in Las Vegas, May 31, through June 2.  The topic was  “Physician Practice Models: Which Way for Independent Medical Practice?”

Len M. Nichols Moderates at the 2013 Colorado Health Symposium

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  Len M. Nichols moderates “An Evening with the Iglehart Award Winners” at the 2013 Colorado Health Symposium on August 7th at 7:30 p.m. The award is named after John K. Iglehart, founding editor of Health Affairs, a health policy journal and was established to recognize Iglehart’s more than 20 years of dedication to the [...]

Len Nichols Testifies Before US Senate Budget Committee

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Dr. Len Nichols, Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, testified on July 30, 2013, before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget on “Containing Health Care Costs: Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges.”    View video of meeting (forward to the 40-minute mark)  Testimony Democratic coverage  Republican coverage  

22nd Washington Health Policy Institute (2014)

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     Institute  Registration is now open!  If you want a true insiders’ view of what health care policy is about, how it is made, and who makes it          you should not miss the Washington Health Policy Institute (WHPI). Students have the unique experience to learn from top Health Policy professionals, visit Capitol Hill and their [...]

Mason Selected to Evaluate CareFirst Medical Home Program

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Mason Selected to Evaluate CareFirst Medical Home Program Posted: March 10, 2013 at 5:00 am, Last Updated: March 12, 2013 at 12:03 pm By Michele McDonald George Mason University is part of an elite group to evaluate CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield’s Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) program, one of the largest in the nation, CareFirst announced on [...]

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