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Accountable Care at Academic Medical Centers — Lessons from Johns Hopkins

Accountable Care at Academic Medical Centers — Lessons from Johns HopkinsScott A. Berkowitz, M.D., M.B.A., and Edward D. Miller, M.D.“In response to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), academic medical centers (AMCs) will need to address both financial and cultural barriers to the implementation of new care and payment models…”Read the full article

Orange County Health Underwriters Invite Margolin’s Keynote Address at University Day – Costa Mesa, CA

Leslie Margolin delivered the opening keynote address at OCAHU’s annual “University Day”. Addressing roughly 300 health care agents, brokers and other key influencers, Margolin addressed OCAHU’s challenge to “reinvent our future” and delivered a call to collective action in driving meaningful improvement in the cost, quality, safety, accessibility, transparency and experience of care. She described The Margolin Group’s vision for a vastly improved American health care system and introduced her […]

Micah Weinberg on Innovation

Health Benefit Leaders Invite Margolin to Address California Public Employers-Employees Health Care Coalition (“CPEEHCC”) Annual Conference – Las Vegas, NV – 01.20.11

In Las Vegas, Leslie Margolin addressed more than 260 attendees at the 13th Annual Conference of CPEEHCC. Conference attendees serving more than 300,000 lives joined together with leading industry experts to consider “The Future of Health Care – What it Means to You”. Margolin delivered a presentation entitled “Conquering the Challenges – Capitalizing on the Opportunities: Creating California Care Innovation Corridors.”

National Bargaining Process 2005

Leslie Margolin teamed with Tom Schneider and his team at RAI to help Kaiser Permanente, the Permanente Medical Group and the Coalition of KP Unions make history again in 2005, leading a National Bargaining process that resulted in a new five-year national agreement that covers 82,000 workers at 400 facilities in nine states and the District of Columbia. AT THE TABLE: An Update on National Bargaining 2005 from the Coalition […]

ACOs at Academic Medical Centers

Accountable Care Organizations at Academic Medical CentersJohn A. Kastor, M.D.“Is the accountable care organization (ACO) a suitable model for academic medical centers to follow in their efforts to control the cost of caring for patients while delivering superior, coordinated care?” Read the full article

David Brooks: Healthcare Reform Bill

The New York Times – The Opinion Pages Buckle Up for Round 2 By DAVID BROOKS Published January 6, 2011 “The health care reform law was signed 10 months ago, and what’s striking now is how vulnerable it looks. Several threats have emerged — some of them scarcely discussed before passage — that together or alone could seriously endanger the new system.” Read David Brooks full opinion piece

California Health Care Coalition Board Hosts Discussion with Margolin – Riverside, CA

Representing more than 4 million Californians, the California Health Care Coalition (“CHCC”), a membership organization of public and private sector employers, unions and health and welfare trust funds, is determined to use collaborative means to improve health care quality and reduce costs without reducing benefits. Focusing on the safety, appropriateness, effectiveness and price of health care services, CHCC’s Board was eager to learn more about The Margolin Group’s vision of […]

Hofstra University School of Law Honors Margolin at Distinguished Alumni Event – Hempstead, NY

At its annual Distinguished Alumni event, Hofstra University’s Labor and Employment Law Fellows, faculty, administration, alumni and students honored Leslie Margolin for her contributions to the fields of labor and employment law and health care. Focusing on the importance of finding win-win solutions in health care, in labor relations, and in life, Margolin discussed the positive performance impacts experienced under her leadership at Kaiser through the use of interest-based problem […]

The California Health Interview Survey

From askchis.org: “CHIS is the nation’s largest state health survey. A random-dial telephone survey conducted every two years on a wide range of health topics, CHIS data gives a detailed picture of the health and health care needs of California’s large and diverse population.” The California Health Interview Survey