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...absence of systematic reform, many insurers have turned to pay-for-performance programs to try to improve quality of care, and cut costs along the way. Early efforts have shown positive signs. In the first three years of an ongoing pay-for-performance demonstration project led by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, more than 250 participating hospitals were assessed in five clinical areas. The hospitals performing in the top quintile received bonuses of an unspecified amount. In findings released in January, researchers following the project concluded that quality scores in the five measured clinical areas had improved on average...
...what has been your biggest challenge in taking over a very intrenched system of corruption, trying to reform it, and trying to move forward as well...
...apparent annual tradition that nevertheless set back progress in favor of extra long vacations for professors. Fortunately, at the February meeting, the Faculty managed to address several of these issues. At that meeting, the Faculty voted to require that all courses allow Q Guide evaluations—a valuable reform that will ensure that students have at least some information on the quality of the courses they are considering during shopping period. The Faculty also approved a new Ph.D Program in Visual and Environmental Studies, which will benefit not only the graduate students that will participate in it, but also...
...Though the publication had a relatively small readership, an article that Stone wrote managed to reach one of the most powerful figures in Washington: George S. McGovern, the Democratic senator from South Dakota who had chaired the party’s commission to reform the primary process...
...While the rise of violence among Boston youth, CORI reform, the safe homes initiative, and the need for bilingual teachers are issues unrelated to Harvard, they are by no means isolated from our collegiate world. Whether through protest, legislative collaboration, teaching, or simply following the news, students should choose to involve themselves in the policy decisions that affect the lives of our neighbors...