Briefs & Reports

2009

December

• Harnessing Health Care Markets for the Public Interest: Insights for U.S. Health Reform from the German and Dutch Multipayer Systems
  AcademyHealth's David Helms and Amanda Folsom and the Commonwealth Fund's Cathy Schoen describe the use of quasi-governmental authorities to achieve the goals of better access, quality, and efficiency in health care in Germany and the Netherlands. More

November

• Research Insights: Addressing Disparities through Public Health Systems and Services Research
  The emerging science of public health systems and services research (PHSSR) has the potential to inform the public health system’s contribution to eliminating health disparities, which was set forth as one of two overarching goals in Health People 2010. This brief discusses how PHSSR can contribute to efforts to measure, assess, and reduce disparities in health and health care. Insights from the brief come from a panel discussion during the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Chicago, June 28-30, 2009. More

• Research Insights: Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations: If We Build It, Will they Come?
  This brief highlights the challenges likely to develop as medical homes and accountable care organizations emerge in the care delivery landscape, and discusses possible solutions to resolve those challenges. More

October

• Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth: Research to Inform a Complex Diagnosis
  As policymakers consider various cost containment measures, it is important to understand the drivers of health care costs and growth. This policy brief, "Geographic Variation and Health Care Cost Growth: Research to Inform a Complex Diagnosis," presents preliminary findings from several HCFO grants that examined the factors contributing to costs and cost growth. More

August

• Impact of the Economy on Health Care
  The great loss of jobs and financial investments resulting from the current economic recession has adversely affected access to employer-sponsored health insurance, provider behavior and workforce trends, and population health. At the same time, a major challenge for researchers and policymakers is to distinguish between these cyclical trends and long-term structural changes to the economy. The HCFO brief, "Impact of the Economy on Health Care," by Jill Bernstein, Ph.D., examines the interconnections among economic forces, health care access, costs, and outcomes and identifies gaps in our understanding of how the economy impacts health care. More

July

• Comparative Effectiveness Research: International Experiences and Implications for the United States
  In this report, authors Gerald Anderson, Ph.D. and Kalipso Chalkidou, M.D., Ph.D. examine how CE programs operate in other countries and offer lessons for U.S. policymakers based on their analysis. More

• Research Insights: Comparative Effectiveness Research: International Experiences and Implications for the United States
  In 2008, AcademyHealth commissioned a comparative analysis of the United State’s and other industrialized nations’ experiences in Comparative Effectiveness Research by Gerard Anderson Ph.D., and Kalipso Chalkidou M.D., Ph.D. This brief is based on their final report, Comparative Effectiveness: International Experiences and Implications for the United States, which was published in July 2009. More

• Research Insights: Prevention and Health Reform
  At its annual National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) in Washington, D.C. on February 2-3, 2009, AcademyHealth convened a panel of four experts with different perspectives on prevention, particularly primary, community-based prevention efforts, and its role in health reform. This issue brief summarizes the presentations and discussion from the NHPC session. More

• An Analysis of the Distribution of Cost-Sharing Levels in Individual and Small-Group Coverage
  As policymakers contemplate health reform proposals that would significantly expand health insurance coverage, it is important to recognize that there is little distributional detail available on the types of coverage and benefit structures currently available and purchased by individuals and small groups. The HCFO report, "An Analysis of the Distribution of Cost-Sharing Levels in Individual and Small-Group Coverage," by John Bertko, Hannah Yoo, and Jeff Lemieux provides details on the types of coverage and benefit structures in the individual and small group markets. More

• Getting Tools Used: Lessons Learned from Successful Decision Support Tools Unrelated to Health Care
  What lessons can be learned from decision support tools unrelated to health care? Jessie Gruman, Ph.D., and colleagues conducted case studies of four decision support tools widely used in other industries, evaluated which variables were key to the success of these tools, and discussed the implications for health care. They found that current approaches to structuring decision support tools within health care would benefit from a better understanding of the interests and capacities of target audiences. In addition, information should be aligned with both the timing and range of decisions health care consumers face. More

• Health Care Benefits—Creating the Optimal Design
  Among the questions likely to arise during the debate on health care reform are whether current benefits are optimally designed to maximize beneficial coverage and whether current benefit structures create appropriate incentives for improved health and efficiency. The HCFO issue brief, "Health Care Benefits—Creating the Optimal Design," discusses "benefit design" as an important tool and explores market innovations and how they are being implemented and expanded. More

June

• Public Perspectives on Health Delivery System Reforms: Issue Brief
  Developing a fuller understanding of values, preferences, concerns, and misconceptions about health care is critical for policymakers as they shape legislation and seek support for change from the public. The HCFO issue brief "Public Perspectives on Health Delivery System Reforms," by Jill Bernstein, Ph.D., highlights findings from a companion report that provides a detailed analysis of public opinion and health services research studies of public views of health delivery system reforms. More

• Public Perspectives on Health Delivery System Reforms
  Better understanding public views could help policymakers avoid potential problems both in designing, describing, and marketing reform proposals. This new report, “Public Perspectives on Health Delivery Reform,” by Jill Bernstein, Ph.D., provides a detailed analysis of public opinion and health services research studies of public views of health delivery system reforms. More

• Research Insights: The Role of Employer-Based Health Insurance under Health Care Reform
  AcademyHealth provides a review of the differing perspectives on employers’ desires for comprehensive health care reform and the commitment of support from employers and businesses. Insights from the brief come from a panel discussion during the National Health Policy Conference, Feb. 2-3, 2009. More

• A First Look at the Volume and Cost of Comparative Effectiveness Research in the United States
  While the health policy community debates the potential contributions of comparative effectiveness research to health care quality and costs, there is limited understanding of the current capacity for conducting comparative effectiveness research in the United States. This report is intended to help fill this gap by providing an environmental scan of the volume and the range of cost of recent comparative effectiveness research. More

May

• How Valid are the Assumptions Underlying Consumer-Driven Health Plans?
  How valid are the assumptions underlying consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs)? Judith Hibbard, Dr.P.H. and colleagues examined whether individuals newly enrolled in a CDHP became more active consumers and made cost-effective decisions about medical care and prescription drug utilization. They found that these plans attract individuals who are already active consumers and that the financial incentives inherent in CDHPs cause consumers to decrease utilization of both high and low priority services. Learn more in the HCFO Findings Brief. More

• Research Insights: Incorporating Cost into Comparative Effectiveness
  AcademyHealth provides a review of the differing perspectives on cost effectiveness analysis and its role (or lack thereof) in CER. Insights from the brief come from a panel discussion during the National Health Policy Conference, Feb. 2-3, 2009. More

• Compendium of Health Services Research to Inform Health Reform
  AcademyHealth developed this compendium of ongoing or recently-completed health services research that has been funded by federal agencies and national foundations as a resource to inform health reform activities over the next few years. More

April

• 2008 Annual Report
  View the 2008 Annual Report to learn more about AcademyHealth and the programs and initiatives that help advance the knowledge base of health policy and practice. More

• Insurance Choices: Behaviors of Firms and Their Workforces
  When trying to understand the potential impact of proposed health care reforms, policymakers need to understand how firms will respond, as well as the likely responses of employees within the firms. The issue brief, “Insurance Choices: Behaviors of Firms and Their Workforces,” identifies the key questions policymakers will need to answer when predicting firm and workforce behavior, as well as the data available and needed to answer these questions. More

• Is Health Information Technology Associated with Patient Safety in the United States?
  Does health information technology (HIT) save money through quality improvements and efficiencies? Jeffrey McCullough, Ph.D., and colleagues examined this question using national data as part of a HCFO-funded study and found some evidence of a small but statistically positive significant relationship between the use of electronic health records and one measure of patient safety. Learn more in the HCFO Findings Brief. More

2008

December

• Reducing the Administrative Burden of Health Care Quality Reporting
  In a HCFO-funded study, Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., Debra Draper, Ph.D., and colleagues at the Center for Studying Health Systems Change (HSC) examined the impact of quality measurement and reporting activities on hospitals and the strategies hospitals use to manage the demands associated with reporting. More

• Rising to the Challenge
  This report outlines the past year’s efforts to think beyond the current paradigm and find new tools to address health care reform, while pointing to historically difficult policy questions that remain unanswered. More

November

• Should Healthy Medicare Beneficiaries Postpone Enrollment in Part D?
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October

• Using 21st-Century Information Technology to Help Eligible People Receive Health Coverage
  This report, authored by Stan Dorn, senior associate at the Urban Institute, provides state and local case studies for using 21st-century information technology to help eligible people receive health coverage. Building on a report published last year, as well as additional group and individual technical assistance meetings with states, Mr. Dorn shows how state and local officials who are responsible for administering public health programs are developing strategies to use personal data about income and other information to identify potential beneficiaries and help them qualify for benefits. More

September

• Reducing Hospital Readmissions
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• The Medicaid Undercount: Real or Perceived Bias in Estimates of Coverage in General Population Surveys?
  This brief provides findings from a study conducted by HCFO researcher Kathleen Thiede Call, Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Call explored the accuracy of estimates of the number of uninsured derived from population surveys. More

August

• Improving Access to Improve Quality: Evaluation of an Organizational Innovation
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July

• Can a Sales Tax on Medical Services Help Fund State Coverage Expansions?
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• Charting a Course: Preparing for the Future, Learning from the Past
  While election year politics and the decline in the economy slowed the rate of health reforms enacted in states last year, this report shows many states nevertheless made significant progress towards health care reform in 2008. More

• Including Employer Financing in State Health Reform Initiatives
  This brief, authored by ERISA expert, Pat Butler, discusses the Act’s preemption principles, describes state and local laws that have imposed employer fees, and notes the key findings and conclusions from the court of appeals opinions. The brief then offers suggestions for how states can include employer assessments in financing health care programs while minimizing grounds for ERISA challenges. More

• Profiles in Coverage: Arizona Healthcare Group
  Created in 1985, Healthcare Group (HCG) of Arizona has provided health insurance to sole proprietors, small businesses with 50 or fewer employees, and Arizona political subdivisions for more than 20 years. Since that time, HCG has undergone significant changes. HCG has drastically increased enrollment without a federal or state subsidy. The State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) program discussed the revitalized HCG program with Anthony Rodgers, Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), who oversees HCG. More

• Profiles in Coverage: Indiana Check-Up Plan
  The Indiana Check-Up Plan, as passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2007, is funded through an increase in the cigarette tax and contains several public and private reforms aimed at improving access to health insurance. The centerpiece of the plan is the Healthy Indiana Plan (HIP), a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) coupled with a Health Savings-type Account (HSA) offered to low-income residents who have been without health insurance for six months, and earn less than 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. The State Coverage Initiatives ( SCI) program recently spoke with Mitchell Roob, Jr., secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration about the HIP program. More

• Surviving the Perfect Storm: Impacts of Benefit Reductions and Increased Cost Sharing in a Medicaid Program
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June

• Issue Brief: Public Perspectives on Health Delivery System Reforms
  Public opinion indicates underlying support for greater emphasis on primary care, prevention, health information systems and other components of proposed health reform. However, there is also evidence of public concern (1) about the trustworthiness of health care products, providers, and sources of health information; (2) about privacy and confidentiality of medical records; (3) about consumers’ capacity and willingness to take on greater responsibility for making health care decisions; and, (4) about the effects of reform on choice of providers and treatment options. More

May

• Annual Report 2007
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• Microsimulation Model for Reinsurance
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• Reinsurance in State Health Reform
  This report highlights the lessons learned during SCI's Reinsurance Institute and in particular, provides analysis on the reinsurance modeling and lessons learned from state-specific work with Washington, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. These states received in-depth technical assistance from SCI’s consultant partner, the Urban Institute, on how a reinsurance strategy might work in their individual state. The modeling was designed to answer questions about costs, take up, and the overall impact of a publicly-subsidized reinsurance program. More

• The Individual Insurance Market: A Building Block for Health Care Reform?
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• The Individual Insurance Market: A Building Block for Health Care Reform? Insights from HCFO Research Results
  Adele M. Kirk, Ph.D. More

April

• Administrative Simplification Project Case Study – Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH)
  Bonnie J. Austin, J.D. and Emily A. Bosk More

• Assessing the Impact of Coverage Gaps in the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit
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• Consumer-Preparedness for Long-Term Care
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March

• Rewarding Results Pay-for-Performance: Lessons for Medicare
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February

• 2007 Federal Funding for Health Services Research
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• The Impact of Hospital Ownership: Looking for Consistency Among Conflicting Findings
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January

• Measuring the Value of Public Health Systems
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• State of the States 2008
  Margaret Trinity, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Isabel Friedenzohn, Amanda Folsom, Brynnan Cox More

2007

November

• Geographic Variation in Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Utilization: What is the Role of Physician Practice Patterns?
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• Marketing State Insurance Coverage Programs: Experiences from Four States
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October

• Choice in Medical Care: When Should the Consumer Decide?
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• Consumer Choice in the Health Insurance and Provider Markets: A Look at the Evidence Thus Far
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• Improving Quality Health Care: The Role of Consumer Engagement
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• Medicare Advantage and the Impact of Medicare HMOs on Inpatient Utilization
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• Navigating Health Care: Why It’s So Hard and What Can Be Done to Make It Easier for the Average Consumer
  This issue brief examines the work of Shoshanna Sofaer, Dr.P.H., Baruch College, on challenges consumers face when navigating the health care system, commissioned for an RWJF/HCFO meeting to examine the role of consumer engagement in improving the quality of health care. More

• The Current and Future Role of Consumers in Making Treatment Decisions
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• The Elusive Health Care Consumer: What Will It Take to Activate Patients?
  This issue brief examines the work of HCFO researcher Judith H. Hibbard, Dr.P.H., University of Oregon, on consumer activation, commissioned for an RWJF/HCFO meeting to examine the role of consumer engagement in improving the quality of health care. More

September

• Early Experiences with Federal Health Insurance Tax Credits
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• Health Insurance Connectors and Exchanges:  A Primer for State Officials
  Amy Lischko for State Coverage Initiatives More

August

• Automatic Enrollment Strategies: Helping State Coverage Expansions Achieve Their Goals
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• Financial Relief: The Effect of State Mental Health Parity Laws on Families of Children with Mental Health Care Needs
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July

• Historical Analysis of Ownership & Publication Rights in Government Contracts for Health Services Research
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• Meeting the Future Long-Term Care Needs of the Baby Boomers
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June

• Affordable Clustered Housing-Care: A Viable Alternative for Long-Term Care in a Residential Setting?
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• TennCare Reform, One Year Later: An Assessment of the Impact of the 2005-2006 Changes in the TennCare Program
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May

• Physician Payment: Is There a Better Way to Pay?
  This findings brief discusses approaches to physician payment, existing and evolving, including structural changes and incentives that should be examined as new payment systems are explored. More

• Year in Review 2006
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April

• Investment Returns and Size of Damage Caps Impact Rising Cost of Malpractice Premiums
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March

• Efforts to Expand Coverage to the Uninsured:  Program Design Challenges and Tradeoffs in Six States
  Prepared by Todd Eberly, Asher Mikow, John O'Brien, and Susan Tucker for HRSA and SCI More

• Pharmacogenomics: an Assessment of Market Conditions and Competition
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February

• ERISA Update: Federal Court of Appeals Agrees ERISA Preempts Maryland’s “Fair Share Act”
  Prepared for AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy Patricia A. Butler, JD, DrPH More

• ERISA Update: Federal Court of Appeals Agrees ERISA Preempts Maryland’s “Fair Share Act”
  Prepared for AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy Patricia A. Butler, JD, DrPH More

• Regional PPOs in Medicare: What are the Prospects
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January

• A Sustainable Future?: The Role of Premium Subsidies in Medicare Prescription Drug Plans
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• Design of a Pharmacy Benefit for Low-Income Seniors: Lessons from State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
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• State of the States 2007
  Amanda Brodt, Alice Burton, Donald Cohn, Brynnan Cox, Amanda Folsom, Isabel Friedenzohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Margaret Trinity More

2006

December

• Medical Malpractice: Strengthening The Evidence Base
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November

• ERISA Implications for State Health Care Access Initiatives: Impact of the Maryland “Fair Share Act” Court Decision
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• Major Changes in Benefit Design: A Plausible Way to Control Costs?
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• Oklahoma Employer/Employee Partnership for Insurance Coverage (O-EPIC)
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• Strengthening the Field of Health Services Research: A Needs Assessment of Key Producers and Users
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• Who Decides: Do Individual Physicians in Group Practices Have Discretion Over Acceptance of New Medicaid Patients?
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August

• Corporate Finance and Consolidation in Health Care
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• Cutting Edge "Evidence" for Policymakers
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• Discovering an Untapped Resource for Health Services Researchers
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• The Pennsylvania Community Health Reinvestment Agreement: Establishing Non-Profit Insurers' Community Benefit Obligations
  Carol Pryor and Catherine Dunham, The Access Project More

• The Pennsylvania Community Health Reinvestment Agreement: Establishing Non-Profit Insurers' Community Benefit Obligations
  By Carol Pryor and Catherine Dunham More

• Turning Medicaid Beneficiaries into Purchasers of Health Care: Critical Success Factors for Medicaid Consumer-Directed Health Purchasing
  Charles Milligan, Cynthia Woodcock, and Alice Burton More

July

• Evaluating the Cost Efficiency of Specialist Physicians
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June

• The Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage: 1996 to 2000
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May

• Efficiency in Health Care: What Does it Mean? How is it Measured? How Can it be Used for Value-Based Purchasing? Highlights from a National Conference
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• Hospital Consolidation: Investigating Causes and Consequences
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April

• Year in Review 2005
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March

• HSR Impact: Specialty Hospitals
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• HSR Impact: The Business Case for Nurse Staffing
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• New Mexico State Coverage Insurance
  SCI recently talked with Pamela S. Hyde, J.D., secretary, Human Services Department, about New Mexico State Coverage Insurance. More

• Uncharted Territory: Current Trends in Section 1115 Demonstrations
  Theresa Sachs, Jenna Walls, and Isabel Friedenzohn More

February

• Bridging the Gap: The Role of Individual Health Insurance Coverage
  ," AcademyHealth, Vol. IX, No. 1, . More

January

• State of the States 2006
  Alice Burton, Daniel Campion, Donald Cohn, Isabel Friedenzohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, Margaret Trinity, Kari Root More

• Turning Medicaid Beneficiaries into Purchasers of Health Care: Critical Success Factors for Medicaid Consumer-Directed Health Purchasing
  Charles Milligan, Cynthia Woodcock, and Alice Burton More

2005

December

• Federal Funding for Health Services Research
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November

• Managed Care for Children in Medicaid: Some Good News, but Not a Cure-All
  (HCFO) Susan Edwards More

October

• State Pharmacy Assistance Programs vs. Medicare Prescription Drug Plans: How Do They Contain Rising Costs?
  (HCFO) Sarah Goodell, Jack Hoadley, Ellen O’Brien, and Claudia Williams More

September

• Placement, Coordination, and Funding of Health Services Research within the Federal Government
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• Risk Selection in Employer-Sponsored Managed Care Plans
  (HCFO) Monica Marchetta More

• West Virginia Small Business Plan
  Fall 2005 (SCI) SCI talks with Sonia Chambers, chair of the West Virginia Health Care Authority, and Sally Richardson, executive director of the Institute for Health Policy Research at West Virginia University, about the West Virginia Small Business Plan. More

July

• State Pharmacy Assistance Programs at a Crossroads: How Will They Respond to the Medicare Drug Benefit
  Claudia Williams, Sarah Goodell, Jack Hoadley, Ellen O’Brien, and Matt Kanter (HCFO) More

June

• Health Savings Accounts as a Tool for Market Change
  Monica Marchetta and Deborah Rogal (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 4) More

• More Answers on Reinsurance
  Donald Cohn, Enrique Martinez-Vidal, and Deborah Chollet (SCI: Vol. VI, No. 2) More

• Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Health Services Research: Pockets of Progress but a Long Way to Go
  Study supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation More

• The Promises and Pitfalls of Web Publishing for Health Services Research: An Expert Meeting
  Anne Gauthier and Samantha Burch More

May

• 2004 Annual Report
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• Profiles in Coverage: Maine Dirigo
  SCI talks with Trish Riley, director of the Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance, about Dirigo. More

April

• State and Community Collaboration: Lessons from the Communities in Charge Program and Other Local Initiatives
  Isabel Friedenzohn and Terry Stoller (SCI: Vol. VI, No. 1) More

• Structure of Hospital Networks in California Affects Pricing
  LeAnne DeFrancesco (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 3) More

March

• Managed Care Mandates Fall Short of Curbing California Medicaid Costs
  Bonnie Austin, J.D. (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 2) More

January

• Evaluating Promising New Treatments for Life-Threatening Disease: Implications of the HDC/ABMT Experience for Treating Breast Cancer
  Susan Edwards (HCFO: Vol. VIII, No. 1) More

• Profiles in Coverage: Healthy New York
  Governor George E. Pataki (R) and Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio answer questions about the program. More

• State of the States 2005
  Bonnie Austin, Alice Burton, LeAnne DeFrancesco, Isabel Friedenzohn, Shitang Patel, Myisha Patterson, Margaret Trinity More

2004

December

• Ethical Guidelines: Managing Conflicts of Interest in Health Services Research
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• Managed Care Does Not Appear to Have a Spillover Effect on the Quality of Diabetes Care for Medicare Patients
  Susan Edwards (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 7) More

October

• HSR Impact: Health Care Worker Safety
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• Improving Federal Health Data for Coverage and Access Policy Development Needs
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• Mental Health Care Disparities Among Youths Vary by State
  Laura McDaniel and Susan Edwards (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 6) More

• The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to Expand Coverage
  Deborah Chollet, Ph.D. (SCI: Vol. V, No. 4) More

• Using Health Research in Policy and Practice: Case Studies from Nine Countries
  Ray Moynihan (Co-Published with AcademyHealth) In this report, Ray Moynihan, an experienced journalist, describes collaboration between researchers and users of their skills and findings in nine countries. Moynihan introduces the report by briefly recapitulating controversial issues in the application of knowledge derived from research to policy and practice. He concludes by describing common themes in the nine stories. More

September

• Health Savings Accounts: Issues and Implementation Decisions for States
  Mila Kofman, J.D. (SCI: Vol. V, No. 3) More

August

• ERISA Update: The Supreme Court Texas Decision and Other Recent Developments
  Patricia Butler (SCI: Vol. V, No. 2) More

• Pharmaceutical Formularies: The Right Formula for Cost and Utilization?
  Bonnie Austin, J.D. (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 5) More

July

• Children in Foster and Kinship Care at Risk for Inadequate Health Care Coverage and Access
  Robert Kornegay (HCFO: Vol. VII, Issue 4) More

• Limited-Benefit Policies: Public and Private-Sector Experiences
  Isabel Friedenzohn (SCI: Vol. V, No. 1) More

June

• Safety Net 'Crowding Out' Private Health Insurance for Childless Adults
  LeAnne DeFrancesco (HCFO: Vol. VII, Issue 3) More

May

• 2003 Annual Report
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• Federal Funding for Health Services Research
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April

• HSR Impact: Diabetes Management
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March

• HSR Impact: Quality and Safety
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• Pregnant and Poor: Did Medicaid and Welfare Policy Changes Improve Care for these Women as Intended?
  Deborah Rogal (HCFO: Vol. VII, Issue 2) More

February

• State Variation in Insurance Laws a Major Driver of Employers’ Self-Insurance Decisions
  LeAnne DeFrancesco (HCFO: Vol. VII, No. 1) More

January

• Health-Based Risk Assessment: Risk-Adjusted Payments and Beyond
  Kathryn E. Martin, Sharon B. Arnold, and Deborah L. Rogal More

• State of the States 2004
  Isabel Friedenzohn, Elizabeth Greenbaum, Madeleine Konig, Benjamin Wheatley, LeAnne DeFrancesco, Jeremy Alberga, Christina Folz More

2003

December

• Subgroups of Working Uninsured Require Different Enrollment Strategies
  Ann Marshall (HCFO: Vol. VI, No. 6) More

November

• Evaluating ROI in State Disease Management Programs
  Thomas W. Wilson (SCI: Vol. IV, No. 5) More

October

• Health Plan Good "Catch" for Fishing Industry
  LeAnne DeFrancesco (HCFO: Vol. VI, No. 5) More

• New Research Highlights Effects of Medigap Reform
  Bonnie Austin and LeAnne DeFrancesco (HCFO: Vol. VI, No. 4) More

September

• Mapping State Health Insurance Markets, 2001: Structure and Change
  Deborah Chollet, Fabrice Smieliauskas, and Madeleine Konig More

July

• Using Rural Health Networks to Address Local Needs: Five Case Studies
  Ira Moscovice and Walter Elias More

June

• Access and Use of Health Care Vary by Type of Medicaid Managed Care Program
  Lisa Fleisher (HCFO: Vol. VI, No. 3) More

• HSR Impact: Obesity
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• Long-Term Care: Collaborating for Solutions
  Deborah Rogal and Laura McDaniel More

• Long-Term Care: Confronting Today’s Challenges
  Carol Raphael More

• Long-Term Care: Informed by Research
  Francis Caro More

April

• Group Purchasing Arrangements: Issues for States
  Mila Kofman (SCI: Vol. IV, No. 3) More

• States' Experience with Benefit Design
  Isabel Friedenzohn (SCI: Vol. IV, No. 4) More

March

• How Do MCOs Decide Whether an Intervention is Medically Necessary?
  Bonnie Austin (HCFO: Vol. 6, Issue 1) More

• In Focus - The Trade Act of 2002: Coverage Options for States
  Stan Dorn (SCI: Vol. IV, No. 2) More

• New Payment System Has Little Effect on Access and Quality
  Kathryn Martin (HCFO: Vol. 6, Issue 2) More

February

• Financing End-of-Life Care: Challenges for an Aging Population
  Bonnie Austin and Lisa Fleisher More

• Leveraging Local Funds to Expand Coverage in Lean Times
  Caton Fenz (SCI: Vol. IV, No. 1) More

January

• State of the States 2003
  Christina Folz, Isabel Friedenzohn, LeAnne DeFrancesco, Madeleine Konig, Lesly Hallman, and Jeremy Alberga More

2002

December

• Disease Management: Findings from Leading State Programs
  Ben Wheatley (SCI: Vol. III, No. 3) More

September

• Does X Really Cause Y?
  Bryan Dowd and Robert Town More

• Fewer Patient Visits under Capitation Offset by Improved Quality of Care -- Study Brings Evidence to Debate over Physician Payment Methods
  Catherine V. Eikel (HCFO: Vol. 5, Issue 3) More

August

• Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability Initiative: Opportunities and Issues for States
  Gretchen Engquist and Peter Burns (SCI: Vol. III, No. 2) More

May

• Ensuring Quality Health Plans: A Purchaser's Toolkit for Using Incentives
  Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC More

• Ensuring Quality Providers: A Purchaser's Toolkit for Using Incentives
  Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC More

• State Health Care Spending: A Systems Perspective
  Caton Fenz (SCI: Vol. III, No. 1) More

April

• HMO Enrollees Experience Fewer Disparities than Other Insured Populations -- For Educational Factors, HMOs Help "Close the Gap"
  LeAnne DeFrancesco (HCFO, Vol. 5, Issue 2) More

March

• Provider Incentive Models for Improving the Quality of Care
  Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC More

February

• Shifting Responsibilities: Models of Defined Contribution
  Kathryn E. Martin More

January

• Community Characteristics Unable to Explain Disparities in Purchase of Individual Insurance by Minorities
  Bonnie Austin (HCFO, Vol. 5, Issue 1) More

• State of the States 2002
  LeAnne DeFrancesco, Christina Folz, Madeleine Konig, and Carole Lee More

• The Growing Case for Using Physician Incentives to Improve Health Care Quality
  Bailit Health Purchasing, LLC & Sixth Man Consulting, Inc. More

2001

October

• Structure of Prescription Drug Benefit May Help Medicare Beneficiaries Budget Prescription Drug Costs More Effectively
  (HCFO, Vol. 4, Issue 5) More

September

• Building Quality Improvement Into Defined Contribution Strategies
  Jack A. Meyer & Ingrid A. Tillmann More

August

• Full-Cost Buy-Ins: An Overview of State Experience
  Michael Birnbaum (SCI) More

• Medicaid Disease Management: Seeking to Reduce Spending by Promoting Health
  Ben Wheatley (SCI) More

• The Challenge of Managed Care Regulation: Making Markets Work?
  Deborah L. Rogal and Robert J. Stenger More

July

• Cultural Bias Emerges in Reported Access to Health Care: Commonly Used Measure May Be Inappropriate for Non-English-Speaking Hispanics
  Bonnie Austin (HCFO, Vol. 4, Issue 4) More

June

• Understanding the Dynamics of 'Crowd-out': Defining Public/Private Coverage Substitution for Policy and Research
  Tanya T. Alteras More

May

• Corporate Health Care Purchasing Among The Fortune 500
  James Maxwell, Forrest Briscoe, Corey Watts, Saminaz Zaman, Peter Temin More

• Section 1115 Waivers and Budget Neutrality: Using Medicaid Funds to Expand Coverage
  Charles Milligan (SCI) More

April

• Health Plan Payments Can Motivate Tighter Integration Between Physicians and Hospitals: Effects on Cost Remain Elusive
  Junette McWilliams (HCFO, Vol. 4, Issue 3) More

March

• What is Unique About Public Purchasing?
  Susan O'Loughlin Ward More

January

• From Regulation to Competition: How Some Providers in New York Responded
  Tanya Alteras (HCFO, Vol. 4, Issue 2) More

• State of the States 2001
  Ben Wheatley, Jeremy Alberga, LeAnne DeFrancesco, and Sarah Molinari More

• Wisconsin's BadgerCare Program Offers Innovative Approach for Family Coverage
  Jeremy Alberga (SCI) More

2000

December

• Disparities in State Health Coverage: A Matter of Policy or Fortune?
  Christopher Trenholm and Susanna Kung More

• Mapping State Health Insurance Markets: Structure and Change in the States' Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets, 1995-1997
  Deborah J. Chollet, Adele M. Kirk, and Marc E. Chow More

August

• ERISA Complicates State Efforts to Improve Access to Individual Insurance for the Medically High Risk
  Pat Butler (SCI) More

July

• Health Plan Data: A Rich Resource Ripe with Challenges
  Carole C. Lee and Amy B. Bernstein More

June

• Health Purchasing Coalitions Struggle to Gain Bargaining Clout: Small Size and Lack of Support from Health Plans are Factors
  Robert Stenger (HCFO, Vol. 4, Issue 1) More

May

• Expanding Coverage to Parents through Medicaid Section 1931
  Michael Birnbaum (SCI) More

• State Approaches to Expanding Family Coverage
  Ben Wheatley (SCI) More

April

• Health Plan Report Cards May Influence Insurers More Than Consumers: Their Effect on Insurer Behavior in Minnesota
  Tanya Alteras (HCFO, Vol. 3, Issue 3) More

January

• State of the States 2000
  Jeremy Alberga, LeAnne DeFrancesco, and Benjamin Wheatley More

1999

November

• Availability of Retiree Health Insurance Important Factor as Near-elderly Consider Leaving Work Force
  Tanya Alteras (HCFO, Vol. 3, Issue 2) More

May

• Purchasing Pathfinders: On Their Way, But Still Wrestling With the Realities of Containing Costs and Promoting Quality
  Carole Lee, Kerry Kemp, and Deborah L. Rogal More

February

• Selective Contracting for Tertiary Care Services by Managed Care Plans: Price of Services Overshadows Quality When it Comes to Selecting Hospitals
  Tanya Alteras (HCFO, Vol. 3, Issue 1) More

1998

August

• Study Shows Physician Gatekeeping May Help Lower Costs, But Questions Remain About Physician and Patient Satisfaction
  Tanya Alteras (HCFO, Vol. 2, Issue 3) More

April

• A Tale of Two Cities: Hospital Mergers in St. Louis and Philadelphia Not Reducing Excess Capacity
  Kerry Kemp (HCFO, Vol. 2, Issue 2) More

1997

March

• Risk Adjustment: A Key to Changing Incentives in the Health Insurance Market: A Special Report
  Carole Lee and Deborah L. Rogal More

• Health Outcomes Research: A Primer
  Foundation for Health Services Research 1994 More

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