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Congresswoman Debbie Dingell to Speak at Altarum’s Sustainable Health Care Spending Symposium
July 02, 2019 | Announcement
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan’s 12th district will kick-off Altarum’s ninth annual Sustainable Health Care Spending Symposium on July 9 on Capitol Hill.
Altarum Joins ABMS Portfolio Program, Expanding Reach of Its Continuing Health Care Education Initiative
July 01, 2019 | Announcement
The American Board of Medical Specialties announced today that Altarum has joined its Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program, enabling physicians who are board certified by one or more of the 18 of 24 ABMS Member Boards participating in the Portfolio Program to earn Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Improvement in Medical Practice (Part IV) credit for approved Altarum practice improvement and quality improvement activities.
Altarum Urges OMB to Consider Alternatives to its Proposed Approach to Improving the Official Poverty Measure
June 24, 2019 | Announcement
Altarum experts warn against changes to the OPM that could undercount the number of Americans in need of services that are critical to better health and economic outcomes among the most vulnerable in society.
Altarum's Research on Low-Value and High-Value Care Featured in Modern Healthcare
June 21, 2019 | Announcement
Modern Healthcare reports on Altarum's research, which showed slower decreases in spending growth on low-value care services than expected.
New Research Shows More Work is Needed to Shift Health Care Spending from Low-Value to High-Value Care
June 20, 2019 | Announcement
Despite increase attention, little progress has been made in the transition from low- to high-value care in the U.S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Selects Altarum as a Prime Awardee of the Network of Quality Improvement and Innovation Contractors
June 20, 2019 | Announcement
This designation gives Altarum the opportunity to have a greater impact on quality improvement and transformation in the health care system.
Community-based Health Organizations – An Innovation Path for Supportive Services
June 18, 2019 | Perspective
Time is growing short to make big changes to basic processes for service delivery to elders, who will soon constitute one-fifth of the U.S. population. Basically, we have a mismatch between the health care delivery system and what many older adults actually need.
New Online Tool Calculates the Cost and Economic Benefits of Preventing Childhood Lead Exposure in the United States
May 30, 2019 | Press Release
In a move to tackle the estimated $84 billion dollar per year financial toll of childhood lead exposure in the United States, Altarum today launched a new interactive online tool that for the first time provides comprehensive state-level data on the cost of exposure and the economic benefits of interventions.