NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Expert Voices essay, "ACOs at Mid-Launch: Moving Forward but Challenges Ahead," by Steven M. Lieberman, MPhil, MA, Visiting Scholar, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution; President, Lieberman Consulting Inc.

NIHCM Foundation will host a webinar entitled "Retail Stores and the Shift to a Consumer-Centric Health Marketplace" on June 4, 2012 at 1:00 PM (EDT).

NIHCM Foundation will host a webinar entitled "Emerging Models of Public and Private Health Insurance Exchanges" on May 16, 2012 at 1:00 PM (EDT).

NIHCM Foundation is a proud co-sponsor of the Alliance for Health Reform's April 18th briefing, Health Care Costs: The Role of Prices and Volume, which is now available as a webcast. Speakers provided an overview of the spending problem and considered the impact of prices and volume as determinants of spending growth.

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Washington, DC – April 12, 2012 - Bullying in schools is so prevalent that public health experts are calling it an epidemic. Tragic stories and public personalities have propelled the issue into the national spotlight, leaving parents, school officials and the health care community wondering how best to approach bullying prevention.

NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Expert Voices essay, "Improving Health Care Value Through Increased Access to Palliative Care," by Diane E. Meier, MD, Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care & Professor and Vice-Chair for Public Policy, Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.