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Health Policy and Other News of Note
How Can We Make Medicare Better
Rochester Medicare Panel
August 17, 2008
Dave Durenberger speaks on "Health Care and
Policy: Leadership for a Change"
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University of
Wisconsin-Madison Health Sciences Learning
Center
May 18, 2007
NIHP Chair, Dave
Durenberger on
Midday with Gary
Eichten
April
26, 2007 11:00a.m.
AARP Expands Health
Insurance Partnerships
Story and Interview with NPR
April 17, 2007
Former senator to talk
health care at St. John's
By Frank Lee, St. Cloud Times
March 24, 2007
March 13,
2007
When
it comes to rising health care costs, is
technology the problem or the solution?
Both, says Clayton Christensen, a Harvard
Business School professor and one of
America’s most influential business
thinkers, in an interview published today on
the
Health Affairs
Web site.
Hearing on MedPAC’s
Annual March Report with MedPAC Chairman
Glenn M. Hackbarth
House Ways and Means Sub-Committee on
Health; March 1, 2007
MN Department
of Health Report
February 2007
The Medical Arms Race
How much high-tech medical
equipment does Minnesota really need? And
how much can we afford before the system
collapses under the expense?
Minnesota Medicine
Magazine
February 2007
Report: Hospitals too concerned about
increasing revenue
Profit
rather than need is driving some medical
construction, taking money out of hospital
and patient pockets without improving
overall health.
By David Phelps, Star Tribune
February 23, 2007
The former senator has
gone from the halls of Congress to the
trenches of middle America to stimulate
the health care debate.
By David Phelps
Star Tribune
February 18, 2007
Industry Leaders Host Briefing on
Comparative Effectiveness
Health Industry Forum, Kaiser Permanente,
and America's Health Insurance Plans
Experts from across the health care industry
presented their views on how to better
assess the value of new drugs, devices and
biologicals at this press briefing.
February 14, 2007
Billionaire Denny Sanford donates $400
million to Sioux Valley Hospitals and Health
System
New
York Times
February 4, 2007
House Smoking-Ban Bill Advances
As approved by a health committee, the bill
would forbid smoking in all public places,
including bars and restaurants. Bar owners
testified against it.
By Mark Brunswick
Star Tribune
February 2, 2007
NIHP Chair, Dave
Durenberger, provides testimony to the
MN House of Rep.'s Health
and Human Services Policy Committee
PowerPoint Presentation
January 30, 2007
Governor Pushes School
Policies in 5th State of State Speech
Martiga
Lohn, Associated Press
January 17, 2007
Listen to Pawlenty's
Speech via Minnesota Public Radio
January 17, 2007 Press Release
Read the summary
of the November 14th event.
Two fixes for the
middle-class insecurity
Washington Post
Dave Durenberger on Midday with Gary Eichten on MPR
"Minnesota's universal health care push picks
up a new ally"
-By Lorna Benson,
Minnesota Public Radio
November 15, 2006
"Pawlenty
does about-face on health care"
-By Tom Scheck Minnesota Public Radio
November 14, 2006
Governor calls for
universal coverage, questions current system's effectiveness
-By Jeremy Olson
Pioneer Press
The GOP governor embraces an issue that was central for DFLers in
the recent campaign.
-By Conrad Defiebre
Minneapolis
Star Tribune
From the Office of the Governor
Governor Pawlenty
delivers remarks at the Midwest States Health Reform Summit -- November
14, 2006
Podcast of Governor Pawlenty's Speech
"How the
Congress Works"
Interview with Dave Durenberger on MPR
Midday on October 2, 2006.
"Defining
the Medical Arms Race Syndrome"
Kick-off
Summary
Medicare 646
Upper Midwest Coalition Makes Significant Progress as September
Deadline for CMS Demo Submission Approaches
Governor Tim
Pawlenty Announces Minnesota's Quality Care and Rewarding
Excellence (QCare) Initiative
Learn more about QCare at
the August 3rd
Informational Meeting at the
Minnesota History Center
Are we in a
Medical "Arms Race?"
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)
Interview with NIHP Chair, Dave Durenberger
HealthPartners CEO, Mary Brainerd, Argues for Universal Health
Coverage
Massachusetts
recently created such a law. We can do better. What are we
waiting for?
The "Medical Arms Race Syndrome" (MARS) in the News
Jeremy Olson writes about MARS and the
NIHP July 13 kick-off event
Pioneer Press; July 20, 2006
MN Community Measurement Awarded
Grant for National Health Care Quality Improvement Project
Three-year,
$634,000 grant from
the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Press Release; July 18, 2006
Citizens League Hosts Summer Policy
Series -- The Future of Health Care: Shifting the Focus from
Treatment to Prevention
August 8, 2006, 7:30 a.m.
United Health Group's Compensation Practices
Under Attack
NIHP Chair, Dave Durenberger, quoted in Pioneer
Press article; April 22, 2006
Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care
Reform
May 21-23, 2006
University of Minnesota Seeks to Build Five
Bioscience Research Labs
Pioneer Press; April 24, 2006
HealthPartners, Cigna Healthcare to Offer New
Nationwide Health Plan
News Release, April 18
BCBS First Health Plan in MN to
Receive Full Accreditation as PPO
March 16, 2006
Part D of Medicare Part D
NIHP's Partnership in Medicare Part D Public Television
Program
Medicare Part D, Part II
on TPT, Channel 17
The Future: Where's the Nearest Hospital?
NIHP to look at medical arms proliferation in
Minnesota
Citizens League conducts Medical Facilities Study
NCQA President, Peggy O'Kane, Launches NIHP Day-Long
Discussion on Tiering
Event Summary and Presentations
New Report Indicates Physician Behavior an Underlying
Cause for Healthcare Costs
Dartmouth Press Release
Archives of Internal Medicine
NCQA, U.S. News
& World Report Collaborate on "America's Best Health Plans"
NCQA's annual
State of Health Care Quality Report
U.S. News & World Report
NIHP Members Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare and Fairview Southdale Recognized for Patient Safety
BHCAG/BCBS News Release
Senator Durenberger in the Pioneer Press, NIHP chair addresses burdens for future generations
Op-ed, Pioneer Press
Brent Asplin, MD, MPH, Lead Researcher in JAMA Report
JAMA Study
Kaiser Webcast Interview with Brent Asplin
Briefing on the State of Medicaid: Trends and Future Issues
Webcast
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Names New President, Colleen
Reitan
The Business Journal, 9/12/05
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Consumer-Focused Health Care Summit
June 14-15, 2005
Over 100 healthcare stakeholders convened for 1.5
days to discuss needed reform in the
healthcare system with a focus on the consumer, particularly those with more
complex and costly needs.
Speaker Presentations
and Web Streams
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David Durenberger Re-appointed as MedPAC
Commissioner
GAO Press Release
Dave Durenberger's Comments on Health Savings
Accounts (HSAs)
Foreword to JoAnn Laing's "The Consumer's Guide to HSAs"
Updated Medicare Facts from Kaiser Family Foundation
The Kaiser
Family Foundation recently published updated versions of their
Medicare fact sheets.
Response to Commentary on Health Insurance "Reform"
March, 2005
David Durenberger Talks about Politics and the Republican
Party
City Pages;
March 9, 2004
NIHP Annual Summary
Highlighting
member activities and initiatives for 2004
HealthPartners Pursues Perfection; Strives for IOM's Six
Aims
Recognized by the
Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
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