Upcoming Events
March 2012
Dr. Marcus A. Conant, a physician who was among the first to identify and treat AIDS, and Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former UN Commissioner on Human Rights, will each receive a 16th annual Public Health Heroes Award from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. The awards will be presented at a gala reception and ceremony at the Hotel Nikko San Francisco. The awardees will receive an honor that is considered to be the only such prize given by a university to recognize individuals and organizations for their efforts to build healthier lives in a safer world.
The evening begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Awards Ceremony at 8:00 p.m. Please RSVP by March 5, 2012. You may call 510-643-6382 or write for further information.
For the first time at the Public Health Heroes event, five research centers from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health will demonstrate their work to confront the major health challenges of our generation. Guests will have opportunities for interaction and discussion with faculty, students, and researchers from the five participating centers:
- Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry
- BERKELEY CENTER FOR HEALTH TECHNOLGOY
- Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability
- Center for Global Public Health
- Health Research for Action
Past Events
July 2011
Variation in Hospital Costs, Payments, and Profitabilty for Cardiac Valve Replacement Surgery, by James Robinson, has been published by Health Services Research in the July 2011 issue.
Health Affairs published BCHT Director James Robinson's paper, Hospitals Respond to Medicare Payment Shortfalls by Both Shifting Costs and Cutting Them, Based on Market Concentration in the July 2011 issue.
June 2011
BCHT published an issue brief on Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Implant Procedures in California Hospitals.
December 2010
BCHT Director James Robinson and Associate Director Kimberly MacPherson met with the Health Minister of Singapore. Watch for a future Issue Brief on the Singaporean health care system.
November 2010
The journal Health Affairs featured BCHT Director James Robinson's paper, Application of Value-Based Insurance Design Principles to High-Cost Health Services in the November 2010 issue. Dr. Robinson joined Health Affairs for a press conference in Washington, DC, to promote his paper.
BCHT hosted a roundtable on "Coordinating Strategies for Improving Efficiency in Orthopedic Surgery" on November 5, 2010 at the California HealthCare Foundation
October 2010
BCHT Director James Robinson presented at the National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Congress in Los Angeles. [Presentation / White Paper]
Health Affairs published BCHT Director James Robinson's paper, Comparative Effectiveness Research: From Clinical Information to Economic Incentives in the October 2010 issue.
BCHT published an issue brief on Costs and Reimbursement for Cardiac Valve Replacement Surgery in California Hospitals, 2008.
BCHT hosted a workshop on cost sharing for UC Berkeley MPH students on October 15th.
BCHT hosted a medical device reception: "Hospitals, Physicians & MedTech: Can't We All Just Get Along?" in San Francisco on October 14th.
BCHT participated in the Health Innovation Week in San Francisco, October 3-10.
September 2010
BCHT Director James Robinson and Associate Director Kimberly MacPherson participated in the Academy for International Health Studies mission to Vancouver, Canada.
BCHT published an brief on Value-Based Purchasing in Medical Devices: Coronary Angioplasty with Drug Eluting Stents: Device Costs, Hospital Costs, and Insurance Payments.
July 2010
BCHT published an issue brief on Value-Based Purchasing on Medical Devices: Volumes, Costs, and Reimbursement for Cervical Fusion Surgery in California Hospitals, 2008.
June 2010
BCHT published an issue brief on Value-Based Purchasing on Medical Devices: Lumbar Fusion Surgery in California: Volumes, Costs, Length of Stay, Surgical Complications, and Insurance Reimbursement.
BCHT Director James Robinson presented at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in Seattle on "Hospital Concentration, Pricing, and Profitability in Orthopedics and Cardiology," on June 29th.
May 2010
BCHT Director James Robinson and Associate Director Kim MacPherson presented at the Fifth Descartes Seminar of Economic Themes of Health in Paris, France. You can view their presentations here. [Program / Presentation]
BCHT published an issue brief on Implantable Medical Devices for Hip Replacement Surgery: Economic Implications for California Hospitals.
April 2010
BCHT published an issue brief on Device Costs, Total Costs, and Other Characteristics of Knee Replacement Surgery in California Hospitals, 2008.
March 2010
James Robinson gave a keynote presentation at the Fifth National Pay for Performance Summit, sponsored by the Integrated Healthcare Association, A Framework for Payment Reform.
January 2010
BCHT co-sponsored the third "Best Practice Roundtable" with the Integrated Healthcare Association. The topic was "Medical Device Costs and Reimbursements in California: Data, Implications, and Future Directions."
BCHT published a second issue brief, Physician-Hospital Alignment in the Evaluation, Purchasing, and Use of Implantable Medical Devices.
December 2009
BCHT published its first Report and Issue Brief on confidentiality and transparency in medical device prices.
November 2009
BCHT Director James Robinson made a plenary presentation on "The Employer's Role in Value-Based Health Care" at the National Business Coalition on Health's Annual Conference, held in Phoenix, Arizona, November 8-10.
BCHT co-sponsored a roundtable on "Value-Based Benefit Design for New Medical Technologies" with the Integrated Healthcare Association, California HealthCare Foundation, and Health Affairs journal.
October 2009
BCHT co-sponsored the second "Best Practice Roundtable" with the Integrated Healthcare Association. The topic was "Physician Hospital Alignment in Device Selection: Challenges and Opportunities."
August 2009
Genetech gave a second generous gift to BCHT.
April 2009
BCHT hosted a Biosimilar Workshop for students and professionals on April 24th.
The Berkeley Center for Health Technology held its launch party on April 21st.
