Reimbursement

Three years after launching a 750-patient Medicare Advantage collaborative care pilot, Portland, Maine-based independent physician practice NovaHealth and insurer Aetna have shown concrete results in improving care quality and reducing costs. Technology and provider-payer cooperation played a large part in the program's success.

Pedro do la Torre explains why the Student Aid and Financial Responsibility Act was packaged with healthcare reform legislation in this video from the Center for American Progress' YouTube channel.

This video from the Center for American Progress illustrates the concept of the health insurance exchange.

Peter Harbage explains the differences between the individual market and employee-sponsored health insurance in the context of health insurance reform in this video from the Center for American Progress' YouTube channel.

In this video from the Center for American Progress' YouTube channel, Peter Harbage explains how small businesses are impacted by high healthcare costs.

In this video, retired hospital CEO Kester Freeman speaks to the urgency of healthcare reform and the need for a rational reimbursement system for providers.

In this video, Glenn Hackbarth, chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, testifies at the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee's annual MedPAC hearing.

In this video posted in Rep. Pete Stark's (D-Calif.) YouTube channel, Commonwealth Fund President Karen Davis testifies on the need for competition in the health insurance market.

This video, posted to YouTube by the SCHospitalAssoc, focuses on a variety of Medicaid recipients in South Carolina. According to SCHospitalAssoc, "...Few people really understand how the Medicaid program works or who and what it covers and doesnt cover."

This video details United Healthcare's diabetes-specific health plan for employer-based insurance. The payer maintains that its diabetes plan can save employers up to $500 annually on employee health insurance costs.