Efforts to encourage high-value preventive medical care may, unintentionally, increase the use of health services that provide little or no health benefit, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
The Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health has received the CAHME/Ascension Award for Excellence in Healthcare Leadership Development from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
Incentives for hospitals to improve their quality and reduce costs work, according to a new study led by Edward Norton, professor of Health Management and Policy. The research shows that hospitals that participate in such programs benefit not only from direct payment from patients’ treatment but also the good scores they get from patients on the treatment they receive.