NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Expert Voices essay, "Tiered Provider Networks as a Strategy to Improve Health Care Quality and Efficiency," by Anna D. Sinaiko, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health.

NIHCM Foundation hosted a webinar entitled "Controlling Health Care Spending: The Imperative to Act and Diverse Views of the Road Forward" on February 2, 2012 at 1:00 PM (EST).

Submissions are currently being accepted for the Eighteenth Annual NIHCM Foundation Health Care Research and Journalism Awards. This long-standing awards program honors the researchers and journalists who serve as catalysts for positive change by advancing and informing health care policy.

NIHCM Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new Expert Voices essay, "More Evidence of the Association Between Hospital Market Concentration and Higher Prices and Profits," by James C. Robinson, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Economics and Director, Berkeley Center for Health Technology, University of California, Berkeley.

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Washington, DC - November 1, 2011 - The economic benefits of breastfeeding are substantial—if 90 percent of American babies were breastfed exclusively for 6 months, the U.S. could save an estimated $13 billion annually from reduced direct medical costs, indirect costs and the cost of premature death.¹

The health literacy of adolescents is a significant concern, especially as teens are increasingly accessing health information online and the credibility of this information is largely unknown.