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Delaware Sets Health Care Spending Benchmark

Benchmark initiative will limit spending growth, improve quality of care NEW CASTLE, Del. – The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) on Wednesday issued a recommended Benchmark Index that set the state’s health care spending growth target at 3.8 percent for 2019 – the initial year of Delaware’s newly created Health Care Spending Benchmark. […]



Governor Carney Signs Executive Order Establishing Health Care Spending and Quality Benchmarks

Order will create subcommittee focused on bettering health care spending, quality across the state WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Carney on Tuesday signed Executive Order #25 establishing health care spending and quality benchmarks. This Executive Order will form a subcommittee of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council to focus on reducing the cost of health […]



MEDIA ADVISORY: Health Care Spending Benchmark Event

WHAT:           During a town hall co-hosted by five state legislators, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker will discuss the need for a health care spending benchmark in Delaware and what that will mean for Delawareans. In September, Gov. John Carney signed House Joint Resolution 7, which authorized DHSS to […]



Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Limit Growth in Health Care Spending

HJR 7 will establish health care spending benchmark linked to economic growth  WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Thursday signed House Joint Resolution 7 granting authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to establish a health care spending benchmark for Delaware with a growth rate linked to the overall economy of […]






 Pages Tagged With: "health care benchmark"

Delaware Sets Health Care Spending Benchmark

Benchmark initiative will limit spending growth, improve quality of care NEW CASTLE, Del. – The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council (DEFAC) on Wednesday issued a recommended Benchmark Index that set the state’s health care spending growth target at 3.8 percent for 2019 – the initial year of Delaware’s newly created Health Care Spending Benchmark. […]



Governor Carney Signs Executive Order Establishing Health Care Spending and Quality Benchmarks

Order will create subcommittee focused on bettering health care spending, quality across the state WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Carney on Tuesday signed Executive Order #25 establishing health care spending and quality benchmarks. This Executive Order will form a subcommittee of the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council to focus on reducing the cost of health […]



MEDIA ADVISORY: Health Care Spending Benchmark Event

WHAT:           During a town hall co-hosted by five state legislators, Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker will discuss the need for a health care spending benchmark in Delaware and what that will mean for Delawareans. In September, Gov. John Carney signed House Joint Resolution 7, which authorized DHSS to […]



Governor Carney Signs Legislation to Limit Growth in Health Care Spending

HJR 7 will establish health care spending benchmark linked to economic growth  WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Thursday signed House Joint Resolution 7 granting authority to the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) to establish a health care spending benchmark for Delaware with a growth rate linked to the overall economy of […]