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The Source Roundup: June 2024 Edition
Kassie Miller, Student Fellow June 1, 2024
Effects of Market Consolidation Cost, Quality, and Utilization After Hospital-Physician and Hospital-Post Acute Care Vertical Integration: A Systematic Review (Medical Care Research and Review) Alexandra Harris, Sarah Philbin, Brady Post, Neil Jordan, Molly Beestrum, Richard Epstein, Megan McHugh To determine the impact of vertical integration, the authors examine the associations between two types of integration, hospital-physician and hospital-Post Acute Care (PAC), and their effect on cost, quality, and utilization of healthcare services as they relate to affordable care. Assessment of these impacts through the lens of financial benefits the found …
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Governor Newsom’s May Revision to the California 2024-2025 State Budget
Kassie Miller, Student Fellow May 29, 2024
On May 10, California Governor Gavin Newsom released the “May Revise” to his initial January proposal for California’s 2024-2025 budget. The revised budgetary proposal lays out $288 billion in total spending [1], a reduction of $3.5 billion from his initial January proposal [2]. The decreased budget proposal reflects the increase in the state deficit, originally projected to be $38 billion, now forecasted to exceed $45 billion, [1]. This is a $17.6 billion difference from the Governor’s estimated shortfall of $27.6 billion [3]. Throughout 2021, California’s revenue experienced a surplus following …
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