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Demonstration

  • Demonstration of the Subacute Care Alternative
    March 1990-May 1993
    Economic and Social Research Institute
    Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D.
    jmeyer@capu.net
    $968,141.00


  • Single Payer Demonstration Project
    November 1990-March 1993
    Health Research, Inc./State of New York, Department of Health
    Dan E. Beauchamp, Ph.D.
    $600,000.00


  • Alternative Models for Ensuring Access to Primary Medical Care in Nursing Facilities
    July 1992-December 1995
    State of New York, Department of Health; Health Research, Inc.
    Suzanne Moore, Ph.D.
    $441,495.00


  • Long-Term Care Options Project (Planning Grant)
    September 1992-June 1994
    State of Minnesota, Department of Human Services
    Pamela J. Parker
    pam.parker@state.mn.us
    $235,424.00


  • New York State ProNet (Prospectively Paid Health Network)
    July 1994-September 1999
    State of New York, Department of Health; Health Research, Inc.
    Suzanne Moore, Ph.D.
    $1,243,824.00


  • Implementing Diagnostic Health Risk Adjustment in an Employed Population -- Phase II
    August 1995-June 1998
    University of Washington, School of Public Health/Community Medicine
    Carolyn W. Madden, Ph.D.
    wmadden@u.washington.edu
    $1,031,851.00


Evaluation

  • Evaluating Business Initiatives in Health Care Purchasing
    April 1995-September 1996
    Economic and Social Research Institute
    Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D.
    jmeyer@capu.net
    $299,090.00


  • Evaluation of Reforms of the Market for Individual Health Insurance Coverage in New Jersey
    September 1995-December 1997
    Harvard University, School of Public Health
    Katherine Swartz, Ph.D.
    kswartz@hsph.harvard.edu
    $274,644.00


  • The Effects of Managed Care on MRI Adoption and Use
    November 1995-October 1998
    Stanford University
    Laurence C. Baker, Ph.D.
    laurence.baker@stanford.edu
    $183,865.00


  • An Evaluation of the Current and Potential Impact of Consumer Survey-Based Report Cards on the Health Care Market Place
    June 1996-March 1998
    Institute for Research and Education
    Jinnet Fowles, Ph.D.
    fowlej@parknicollet.com
    $112,649.00


  • Evaluation of Baltimore's [Mental Health] Capitation Program
    February 1996-July 2000
    Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
    William R. Breakey, M.B., F.R.C.Psych. and
    bbreakey@jhmi.edu
    $365,863.00


  • Evaluation of the TennCare Health Reform Plan
    April 1996-September 2000
    National Center for Health Promotion
    Frank A. Sloan, Ph.D.
    fsloan@hpolicy.duke.edu
    $497,634.00


  • Competitive Bidding in the Federal Employees Health Benefit Plan
    February 1997-January 1999
    Tulane University
    Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D.
    kthorpe@sph.emory.edu
    $363,959.00


  • Evaluating the Use of Performance-Related Information and Financial Incentives in Employer Health Care Purchasing
    January 1997-March 1999
    Economic and Social Research Institute
    Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D.
    jmeyer@capu.net
    $499,992.00


  • Evaluation of Natural Experiment to Raise Medicaid Fees for Physicians
    October 1993-December 1994
    Harvard University Medical School
    Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D.
    newhouse@hcp.med.harvard.edu
    $219,927.00


  • Evaluation of the Medicare Supplementary Insurance Reform Legislation of 1990
    September 1991-October 1996
    PDF Incorporated
    Peter D. Fox, Ph.D.
    peterfox8@earthlink.net
    $384,425.00


  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Collaborative Care: An Alternative Model for Organizing Health Care Delivery in Teaching Hospitals
    September 1992-August 1995
    University Hospitals of Cleveland
    Gary E. Rosenthal, M.D.
    gary-rosenthal@uiowa.edu
    $509,891.00


  • Medicaid Eligibility Expansions for Pregnant Women, 1986-1990: Evaluating the Aggressiveness of States' Implementation
    September 1991-November 1993
    The Alan Guttmacher Institute
    Jacqueline Darroch Forrest, Ph.D.
    $245,799.00


  • Evaluation of the Impact of the Resource Utilization Groups II System on Long-Term Care Facilities in New York
    January 1992-December 1993
    Greater New York Hospital Foundation, Inc. (GNYHF)
    Barry M. Schultz, M.D.
    $256,612.00


  • Evaluation of State Risk Pools: The Current and Potential Experience
    December 1991-November 1994
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Public Health
    Sally C. Stearns, Ph.D.
    sstearns@unc.edu
    $405,633.00


  • Broadening Access to Prenatal Care through Expansions: The Impact on Prenatal Care Use and Infant Mortality
    December 1991-November 1994
    The Urban Institute
    Genevieve M. Kenney, Ph.D.
    jkenney@ui.urban.org
    $508,291.00


  • The Effect of Expanding Medicaid Coverage to Poor Uninsured Women on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes
    March 1992-February 1996
    Harvard Medical School
    Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.
    aepstein@hsph.harvard.edu
    $482,425.00


  • Evaluating the Medicaid Psychiatric Hospital Payment System in New Hampshire
    June 1992-May 1994
    Boston University
    Thomas G. McGuire, Ph.D.
    tmcguire@bu.edu
    $197,221.00


  • Does Managed Care Work? An Empirical Study of Corporate Healthcare Cost Containment Initiatives
    August 1990-May 1994
    University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Public Health
    James Hahn, Ph.D.
    jhahn@trinity.edu
    $362,039.00


  • Impact of Various Health System Reform Options on the Distribution of Health Care Costs Across All Payers
    November 1990-December 1993
    The Urban Institute
    John F. Holahan, Ph.D.
    jholahan@ui.urban.org
    $458,288.00


  • Arkansas School Health Insurance Project (ASHIP)
    August 1990-October 1992
    Arkansas Children's Hospital
    Robert H. Fiser, M.D.
    $204,699.00


  • The Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Prenatal Use and Birth Outcomes
    August 1997-January 2003
    The Urban Institute
    Genevieve Kenney, Ph.D.
    jkenney@ui.urban.org
    $601,431.00


  • Evaluation of the Buyers Health Care Action Group Initiative
    August 1997-July 2000
    University of Minnesota
    Jon B. Christianson, Ph.D.
    chris001@tc.umn.edu
    $654,297.00


  • Expansion of the Evaluation of the Effects of New Jersey's Individual Health Coverage and Access Programs
    May 1998-April 1999
    Harvard School of Public Health
    B. Katherine Swartz, Ph.D.
    kswartz@hsph.harvard.edu
    $59,994.00


  • Evaluation of the Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG) Initiative Component Three: An Assessment of the Impact of the Initiative on Health Care Delivery
    March 1999-June 2000
    University of Minnesota
    Jon B. Christianson, Ph.D.
    chris001@tc.umn.edu
    $236,585.00


  • Evaluating Florida's Medicaid Provider Service Network Demonstration Project
    April 2000-June 2004
    Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
    Bob Sharpe, Ph.D.
    sharpeb@fdhc.state.fl.us
    $307,129.00


  • Factors Associated with the Distribution of Physician Income: A Quantile Regression Approach
    January 2000-July 2001
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Thomas Konrad, Ph.D.
    bob_konrad@unc.edu
    $99,992.00


  • A Methodological Evaluation of Non-Response on the Physician Component of the Community
    January 2000-October 2001
    Project HOPE, People to People Health Foundation
    Julie A. Schoenman, Ph.D.
    jschoenman@projecthope.org
    $74,268.00


  • Early Implementation Experience of Companies Offering internet-based Models for Employer Health Benefits
    October 2000-November 2001
    University of Minnesota
    Jon B. Christianson, Ph.D.
    chris001@tc.umn.edu
    $53,136.00


  • Insurance Coverage, Use of Prenatal Care, and the Financing of Birth Outcomes in Nine States Pre and Post Welfare Reform
    January 2001-January 2002
    Emory University
    E. Kathleen Adams, Ph.D.
    eadam01@sph.emory.edu
    $258,257.00


  • Evaluating Managed Care Patient Protection Laws
    February 2001-August 2004
    Wake Forest University
    Mark A. Hall, J.D.
    mhall@wfubmc.edu
    $583,964.00


  • Market-Based Reforms and the Quality of Hospital Care in New Jersey
    July 2001-December 2002
    University of Pennsylvania
    Kevin Volpp, M.D., Ph.D.
    volpp70@wharton.upenn.edu
    $99,965.00


  • Evaluation of Medicare's Local Medical Review Policies for New Medical Technologies
    May 2001-December 2003
    University of Minnesota
    Susan Bartlett Foote, J.D.
    foote003@tc.umn.edu
    $555,964.00


  • Effects of the Balanced Budget Act and Market Forces on the Health Safety Net
    September 2001-August 2004
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    Gloria J. Bazzoli, Ph.D.
    gbazzoli@vcu.edu
    $588,935.00


  • Patterns of Individual Coverage
    October 2001-June 2003
    University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service
    Andrew F. Coburn, Ph.D
    andyc@usm.maine.edu
    $100,795.00


  • Second-Generation Evaluation of Buyers Health Care Action Group (BHCAG)
    October 2001-January 2004
    University of Minnesota
    Roger F. Feldman, Ph.D.
    feldm002@tc.umn.edu
    $411,485.00


  • State Health Care Purchasing Practices
    December 2001-February 2004
    JSI Research and Training Institute
    James H. Maxwell, Ph.D.
    maxwell@jsi.com
    $101,184.00


  • Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation (ABMT) and the Treatment of Breast Cancer: The U.S. Experience
    December 2001-December 2004
    RAND Corporation
    Richard A. Rettig, Ph.D.
    Richard_Rettig@rand.org
    $410,026.00


  • Utilization Review: Cost Savings and Quality of Care
    January 2002-June 2004
    The University of Chicago
    Willard G. Manning, Ph.D
    w-manning@uchicago.edu
    $468,489.00


  • The Safety Net and Employer-Provided Health Insurance
    October 2001-March 2004
    Northwestern University
    Anthony T. LoSasso, Ph.D.
    a-losasso@northwestern.edu
    $310,511.00


  • Assessing the Impact of Medicaid Equalization Policies on Access to Nursing Home Care
    January 2002-July 2003
    Syracuse University
    Madonna Harrington Meyer, Ph.D.
    mhm@maxwell.syr.edu
    $99,533.00


  • The Effect of Price on Health Plan Choices of Retirees
    March 2002-February 2003
    University of California Irvine Graduate School of Management
    Thomas C. Buchmueller, Ph.D.
    tcbuchmu@uci.edu
    $88,672.00


  • Quality Assessment of South Carolina Medicaid Managed Care
    March 2002-February 2003
    Medical University of South Carolina
    William B. Pittard, M.D.
    pittardw@musc.edu
    $43,277.00


  • Corporate Finance and Consolidation in Health Care
    September 2002-August 2005
    University of California, Berkeley
    James C. Robinson, Ph.D.
    jamie@socrates.berkeley.edu
    $152,445.00


  • Evaluation of the Effects of Utilization Review on Patterns of Care and Medical Expenses
    November 2002-March 2005
    University of Washington
    Thomas M. Wickizer, Ph.D.
    tomwick@u.washington.edu
    $99,979.00


  • Evaluation of Defined Contribution Plans on Health Insurance Choice and Medical Care Use
    November 2002-April 2005
    University of Minnesota
    Stephen T. Parente, Ph.D.
    sparente@csom.umn.edu
    $319,273.00


  • Measuring Selection Incentives in Managed Care: Evidence from the Massachusetts State Employee Health Insurance Program
    December 2002-November 2003
    Research Triangle Institute
    Anupa Bir, Sc.D.
    abir@her-cher.org
    $99,946.00


  • The Effect of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program on Immunization Rates: Evidence from the National Immunization Survey
    January 2003-June 2004
    Research Foundation of CUNY
    Ted Joyce, Ph.D.
    Ted_Joyce@baruch.cuny.edu
    $73,209.00


  • Medicare Policy and Aging in the US and Canada
    January 2003-December 2003
    International Longevity Center-USA Ltd.
    Sandra L. Decker, Ph.D.
    SandraD@ILCUSA.ORG
    $99,169.00


  • The Impact of Performance Reporting on Consumer and Physician Organization Behavior
    March 2003-October 2004
    Harvard School of Public Health
    Meredith B. Rosenthal, Ph.D.
    mrosenth@hsph.harvard.edu
    $228,676.00


  • The Impact of Managed Care on the Appropriateness and Outcomes of Carotid Endarterectomy
    March 2003-September 2005
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Mark R. Chassin, M.D.
    mark.chassin@mssm.edu
    $209,957.00


  • Liability Problems and Transparent Disclosure to Patients as a Solution
    March 2003-August 2004
    The Urban Institute
    Randall Bovbjerg, JD
    randyb@ui.urban.org
    $100,000.00


  • An Early Portrait of Consumer-Directed Health Benefits: Design, Integration, Penetration, and Effects
    May 2003-December 2003
    Mercer Human Resource Consulting
    Arnold Milstein, M.D.
    Arnold.Milstein@mercer.com
    $185,680.00


  • Using Physician Profiling Software to Evaluate the Practice Efficiency of Physician Specialists
    July 2003-June 2004
    University of Southern Maine
    J. William Thomas, Ph.D.
    jwthomas@usm.maine.edu
    $102,829.00


  • The Dynamics of Health Insurance Coverage: 1996 to 2000
    September 2003-October 2005
    The Urban Institute
    Linda Blumberg, Ph.D.
    lblumber@ui.urban.org
    $579,468.00


  • Impact of Medicare
    November 2003-October 2006
    University of Minnesota
    Susan Bartlett Foote, J.D.
    foote003@umn.edu
    $414,745.00


  • Impact of Private Long-term Care Insurance on Demand for Care: Setting and Intensity
    November 2003-February 2005
    Brandeis University
    Christine Bishop, Ph.D.
    bishop@brandeis.edu
    $93,096.00


  • Medical Malpractice Reform and Implications for Health Insurance Costs
    February 2004-July 2005
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Michael A. Morrisey, Ph.D.
    morrisey@uab.edu
    $204,220.00


  • Establishing the Value of Stable Prescription Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
    February 2004-December 2005
    University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Bruce C. Stuart, Ph.D.
    bstuart@rx.umaryland.edu
    $291,039.00


  • The Medicaid Undercount: Real or Perceived Bias in Estimates of Coverage in General Population Surveys
    December 2003-August 2006
    University of Minnesota
    Kathleen Thiede Call
    callx001@tc.umn.edu
    $738,409.00


  • The Effect of Hospital Mergers on HMO Hospital Costs and Premiums, 1995-2001
    March 2004-February 2005
    University of Minnesota
    Robert Town, Ph.D.
    rjtown@umn.edu
    $99,471.00


  • The Role of Benefit Design in Enrollment, Use and Spending in State Prescription Drug Assistance Programs for Seniors - Lessons for Medicare
    March 2004-August 2006
    Brandeis University
    Cindy Parks Thomas, Ph.D.
    cthomas@brandeis.edu
    $421,926.00


  • How Valid are the Assumptions Underlying Consumer-Driven Health Plans?
    May 2004-January 2008
    University of Oregon
    Judith Hibbard, Dr. P.H.
    jhibbard@uoregon.edu
    $601,547.00


  • Surviving the Perfect Storm: Impacts of Benefit Reductions and Increased Cost Sharing in a Medicaid Program
    June 2004-August 2006
    Office of Oregon Health Policy and Research
    Jeanene Smith, M.D.
    Jeanene.Smith@state.or.us
    $262,287.00


  • Administrative Costs Associated with Third Party Payment
    September 2005-July 2007
    University of California, San Francisco
    Harold Luft, Ph.D.
    hluft@itsa.ucsf.edu
    $115,700.00


  • Improving Access to Improve Quality: Evaluation of an Organizational Innovation
    November 2004-November 2006
    University of Washington
    David Grembowski, Ph.D.
    grem@u.washington.edu
    $655,910.00


  • The Impact of Multiple Consumer Driven Health Plans Beyond Early Adoption: Here to Stay or Market Fad?
    December 2004-March 2008
    Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Stephen M. Parente, Ph.D.
    sparente@csom.umn.edu
    $499,103.00


  • Testing the Value of Patient-reported Physician Quality Information for Quality Improvement and Consumer Choice
    December 2004-June 2006
    Pacific Business Group on Health
    Ted von Glahn
    tvonglahn@pbgh.org
    $89,676.00


  • Pilot Study of Variations in Medicare Spending per Beneficiary
    May 2005-April 2006
    The Urban Institute
    Jack Hadley, Ph.D.
    jhadley@ui.urban.org
    $135,495.00


  • Regionalization in Local Public Health Systems: Variation in Rationale, Implementation, and Impact on Public Health Preparedness
    February 2006-April 2007
    RAND
    Michael Stoto, Ph.D.
    mstoto@rand.org
    $147,325.00


  • Impact of MMA Part D on Medicare Residents in Nursing Homes
    January 2007-June 2008
    University of Massachusetts Medical School
    Becky Briesacher, Ph.D.
    becky.briesacher@umassmed.edu
    $221,483.00


  • Evaluation of Maine's Dirigo Health Reform
    July 2006-February 2008
    Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
    James M. Verdier, Ph.D.
    jverdier@mathematica-mpr.com
    $234,530.00


  • Impact of the Washington State Diabetes Collaborative on Patient Health and Economic Outcomes
    July 2006-February 2009
    Washington State Department of Health
    Amira El-Bastawissi, Ph.D.
    Amira.El-bastawissi@DOH.WA.GOV
    $349,927.00


  • Measuring the Value of Public Health Systems
    March 2006-May 2007
    The University of Michigan
    Peter Jacobson, J.D.
    pdj@umich.edu
    $125,000.00


  • An Academic Health Center and Public Health Practice Collaboration: Disseminating Continuous Quality Improvement Capability to Local and State Public Health Agencies
    January 2007-December 2008
    University of Minnesota
    William J. Riley, Ph.D.
    riley001@umn.edu
    $200,002.00


  • Paying Physician Group Practices for Quality: A Regional Natural Experiment
    October 2007-March 2009
    University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
    Douglas A. Conrad, Ph.D.
    dconrad@u.washington.edu
    $328,829.00


  • Evaluating Cost Efficiency of Specialist Physicians
    April 2007-March 2009
    University of Southern Maine
    J. William Thomas, Ph.D.
    jwthomas@usm.maine.edu
    $376,366.00


Research and Policy Analysis

  • Physicians' Responses to Variations in Medicare Fees for Specific Services
    March 2007-June 2008
    Center for Studying Health System Change
    James D. Reschovsky, Ph.D.
    jreschovsky@hschange.org
    $246,076.00


  • The Impact of Assisted Living Growth on the Market for Nursing Home Care
    June 2007-May 2009
    Harvard Medical School
    David Grabowski, Ph.D.
    grabowski@med.harvard.edu
    $281,784.00


  • Reimbursement Policy and Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment and Outcomes
    August 2007-July 2009
    Harvard Medical School
    Joseph P. Newhouse, Ph.D.
    newhouse@hcp.med.harvard.edu
    $398,283.00


  • Financing American Indian Health Care: Impacts and Options for Improving Access and Quality of Care
    September 2007-August 2008
    Sanford Research/University of South Dakota
    Kathryn Langwell
    kathrynlangwell@bhsu.edu
    $138,427.00


  • Waiting for Outpatient Care and Choice in Financing
    December 2007-November 2009
    Boston VA Research Institute Inc.
    Julia Prentice, Ph.D.
    julia.prentice@va.gov
    $99,986.00


  • Medical Spending and Health of the Elderly
    October 2007-June 2009
    George Mason University
    Jack Hadley, Ph.D.
    jhadley1@gmu.edu
    $416,888.00


  • The Provision and Reporting of Community Benefits by Hospitals: Lessons from Maryland
    November 2007-October 2008
    Urban Institute
    Bradford Gray, Ph.D.
    bgray@ui.urban.org
    $184,057.00


  • Identifying Best Practices in the Coordination of Care
    October 2007-September 2008
    Center for Studying Health System Change
    Ann S. O'Malley, M.D., M.P.H.
    aomalley@hschange.org
    $99,445.00


  • Effects of Prior Authorization of New Medications among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Bipolar Disorder
    October 2007-March 2009
    Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Inc.
    Stephen B. Soumerai, Sc.D.
    ssoumerai@hms.harvard.edu
    $231,641.00


  • Economic Impact of Adverse Health Events on the Uninsured Near Elderly
    November 2007-October 2008
    Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
    David Dranove, Ph.D.
    d-dranove@northwestern.edu
    $98,210.00


  • How Do Rising Healthcare Costs Affect Worker Compensation?
    November 2007-October 2008
    Johns Hopkins University (Bloomberg School of Public Health)
    Bradley Herring, Ph.D.
    bherring@jhsph.org
    $54,750.00


  • Health Savings Accounts, High Deductible Policies, and the Uninsured: Simulating the Effects of HSA Tax Policy
    November 2007-December 2008
    Brigham Young University
    James Cardon, Ph.D.
    cardon@byu.edu
    $116,606.00


  • Impact of Profitability on Hospital Responses to Financial Stress
    December 2007-November 2009
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Kevin Volpp, M.D., Ph.D.
    volpp70@mail.med.upenn.edu
    $455,218.00


  • Characteristics and Determinants of Intragovernmental Activity Within State Public Health Systems
    January 2008-August 2009
    University of Massachusetts at Amherst (School of Public Health)
    William Bartosch, Ph.D.
    bartosch@schoolph.umass.edu
    $199,014.00


  • Understanding the Resource Allocation Decisions of Public Health Officials in the U.S.
    January 2008-December 2009
    The Regents of the University of Michigan (University of Michigan Health System)
    Susan Dorr Goold, M.D., M.S.H.A., M.A.
    sgoold@umich.edu
    $208,902.00


  • Developing and Applying a Descriptive Framework for Analyzing Food Safety Resources
    January 2008-June 2009
    The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
    Michael Taylor, J.D.
    mike.taylor@gwumc.edu
    $199,770.00


  • A Systematic Study of Nebraska’s Regional Public Health Agency Model
    January 2008-December 2009
    Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (University of Nebraska Medical Center)
    Li-Wu Chen, Ph.D.
    liwuchen@unmc.edu
    $199,713.00


  • Informing the Design of Funding Allocation Formulas in Public Health
    January 2008-December 2009
    Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
    James Buehler, M.D.
    jbuehle@sph.emory.edu
    $225,749.00


  • The Impact of Pay for Performance on Hospitals that Care for Minorities and the Poor
    February 2008-July 2008
    Harvard University School of Public Health
    Ashish Jha, M.D., M.P.H.
    ajha@hsph.harvard.edu
    $101,656.00


  • Measuring the Costs and Benefits of Medicare Private Fee-for-Service
    February 2008-January 2010
    Boston VA Research Institute Inc.
    Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D.
    steven.pizer@med.va.gov
    $299,549.00


  • Medicaid Long-Term Care Programs: Simulating Rate Setting and Cross-Payer Effects
    February 2008-January 2010
    State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    Tricia Roddy, M.H.S.A.
    roddyt@dhmh.state.md.us
    $160,086.00


  • Extent and Impact of the Use of Observations Stays in the Medicare Program
    February 2008-September 2008
    NORC at the University of Chicago
    Janet Sutton, Ph.D.
    sutton-janet@norc.org
    $221,794.00


  • Effect of Decreased Emergency Department Access on Patient Outcomes
    April 2008-March 2010
    Naval Postgraduate School Graduate School of Business and Public Policy
    Yu-Chu Shen, Ph.D.
    yshen@nps.edu
    $229,918.00


  • Small Area Variation in Medicaid Utilization and Expenditures: Implications for Cost Containment and Quality of Care
    March 2008-August 2009
    University of California, San Diego
    Richard G. Kronick, Ph.D.
    rkronick@ucsd.edu
    $336,513.00


  • Can Disease Management Control Costs?
    March 2008-August 2009
    Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
    Deborah N. Peikes, Ph.D.
    dpeikes@mathematica-mpr.com
    $346,228.00


  • How Does Fragmentation of Care Contribute to the Costs of Care?
    March 2008-August 2009
    Harvard University School of Public Health
    Eric C. Schneider, M.D.
    eschneid@hsph.harvard.edu
    $297,461.00


  • Sources of Health Care Cost Growth
    March 2008-August 2009
    Stanford University
    M. Kate Bundorf, Ph.D./Anne B. Royalty, Ph.D.
    bundorf@stanford.edu
    $275,519.00


  • Defining Affordability for the Uninsured and People with Chronic Conditions
    March 2008-February 2009
    The Urban Institute
    Lisa H. Clemans-Cope, Ph.D./Cynthia D. Perry, Ph.D.
    lclemans@ui.urban.org
    $199,918.00


  • Medicare Spending, Disparities, and Returns to Healthy Behaviors
    March 2008-August 2009
    University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Bruce C. Stuart, Ph.D.
    bstuart@rx.umaryland.edu
    $264,047.00


  • Cost and Efficiency in Treating High-Cost Medicare Beneficiaries: The Role of Physician Practice and Health System Factors
    March 2008-August 2009
    Center for Studying Health System Change
    James D. Reschovsky, Ph.D.
    jreschovsky@hschange.org
    $338,826.00


  • Variation in Health Care Cost Growth
    March 2008-February 2009
    Harvard Medical School
    Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
    chernew@hcp.med.harvard.edu
    $298,040.00


  • Is Small-Area Variation in Healthcare Utilization Explained by Physician Financial Self-Interest?
    May 2008-October 2009
    American College of Radiology
    Mythreyi Bhargavan, Ph.D.
    mbhargavan@acr.org
    $254,109.00


  • Local Public Health Capacities to Address the Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations
    May 2008-December 2009
    Social and Scientific Systems, Inc.
    Claudia Schur, Ph.D.
    cschur@s-3.com
    $199,824.00


  • Study of the Effects of High-Deductible Health Plans on Families with Chronic Conditions
    February 2007-July 2009
    Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
    Alison Galbraith, M.D.
    alison_galbraith@harvardpilgrim.org
    $403,958.00


  • Examining the Quality of Hospital Care and Simulating the Impact of Several Pay-for-Performance Scoring Methods on Hospital Rankings
    March 2007-August 2008
    Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Policy
    Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D.
    jweissman@partners.org
    $175,981.00


  • Examining the Impact of Informational Messages on Seniors' Choice of Medicare Drug Plans
    August 2007-July 2008
    Princeton University
    Eldar Shafir, Ph.D.
    shafir@princeton.edu
    $99,961.00


  • Medicare Beneficiaries Response to Coverage Gaps Versus Actuarially Equivalent Continuous Coverage for Prescription Drugs
    July 2006-June 2007
    University of Maryland at Baltimore
    Bruce Stuart, Ph.D.
    bstuart@rx.maryland.edu
    $157,992.00


  • Study on Informed Choice of Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries
    August 2006-September 2007
    University of Minnesota School of Public Health
    Bryan E. Dowd, Ph.D.
    dowdx001@umn.edu
    $106,009.00


  • Defensive Medicine as a Response to Medical Malpractice Liability in the United States
    September 2006-February 2008
    University of Southern Maine
    J. William Thomas, Ph.D.
    jwthomas@usm.main.edu
    $247,111.00


  • Peer Pressure: Hospital Ownership Mix and Medical Service Provision
    September 2006-August 2008
    University of Michigan Law School
    Jill R. Horwitz, Ph.D., J.D., M.P.P
    jrhorwit@umich.edu
    $104,442.00


  • Changes in Drug Utilization for Seniors without Prior Prescription Drug Insurance
    November 2006-October 2007
    Brigham & Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Sebastian Schneeweiss, M.D., Sc.D.
    schneeweiss@post.harvard.edu
    $100,000.00


  • Examining Effective Strategies that Local Communities Have Used to Meet Expanded Public Health Workforce Needs
    January 2007-June 2008
    Center for Studying Health System Change
    Robert Hurley, Ph.D.
    rhurley@hschange.org
    $56,652.00


  • Incorporating Disparities into State Strategies to Monitor and Improve Health Status
    January 2007-March 2008
    Mathematica Policy Research Inc.
    Marsha Gold, Sc.D.
    mgold@mathematica-mpr.com
    $199,135.00


  • Local Community Strategies to Develop their Public Health Surge Capacity to Handle Emergencies Affecting Many People
    January 2007-June 2008
    Center for Studying Health System Change
    Laurie Felland
    lfelland@hschange.org
    $67,173.00


  • Comparison of Public Health Organizational Structures Using Dynamic Network Analysis
    January 2007-December 2008
    Columbia University
    Jacqueline Merrill, D.N.Sc.
    jacqueline.merrill@dbmi.columbia.edu
    $209,952.00


  • Assessment of Training Needs for Public Health Financial Managers
    January 2007-June 2008
    University of Kentucky
    Julia Costich, Ph.D., J.D.
    jfcost0@uky.edu
    $124,970.00


  • Understanding and Assessing Partnership Connections in Public Health Departments
    January 2007-June 2008
    RAND Corporation
    Danielle Vogenbeck, Ph.D.
    vogen@rand.org
    $195,991.00


  • Public Health Funding and Population Health
    January 2007-June 2008
    University of Washington
    David E. Grembowski, Ph.D.
    grem@u.washington.edu
    $161,789.00


  • Public Health System Organization and Performance in Rural Communities
    January 2007-June 2008
    University of Minnesota
    Douglas R. Wholey, Ph.D.
    whole001@umn.edu
    $199,070.00


  • Structural Capacities, Processes and Performance of Essential Public Health Services by Small Local Public Health Systems
    February 2006-January 2009
    University of Wisconsin
    Susan Zahner, Ph.D.
    sjzahner@wisc.edu
    $105,453.00


  • Involving Consumers in Physician Choice: Making Data into Useable Information for Chronically Ill Patients in Consumer-Directed Health Plans
    March 2006-August 2008
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    David Blumenthal, M.D.
    dblumenthal@partners.org
    $215,448.00


  • Hospital Pricing and the Uninsured
    February 2006-January 2008
    RAND
    Glenn Melnick, Ph.D.
    king@rand.org
    $249,823.00


  • Administrative Simplification Challenges and Opportunities: A Physician Organization's Perspective
    August 2005-July 2007
    Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
    Gregg S. Meyer, MD
    gmeyer@partners.org
    $100,315.00


  • Costs and Benefits of Physician Practices' Interactions with Health Plans
    October 2005-September 2007
    University of Chicago
    Lawrence Casalino, MD, Ph.D.
    casalino@health.bsd.uchicago.edu
    $100,160.00


  • Uptake and Impact of Health Risk Appraisals
    December 2005-May 2007
    Harvard University of Public Health
    Meredith B. Rosenthal, Ph.D.
    mrosenth@hsph.harvard.edu
    $156,296.00


  • Duration Limitations and Adherence to Chronic Medication
    January 2006-June 2008
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Marisa Domino, Ph.D.
    mdomino@email.unc.edu
    $181,147.00


  • The Effects of Health Plan Concentration on Hospital Prices, Costs, Capacity, Charity Care, and Outcomes
    February 2006-January 2009
    RAND
    Glenn Melnick, Ph.D.
    king@rand.org
    $374,137.00


  • Effect of State Parity Laws on Children with Mental Health Care Needs
    February 2006-July 2007
    Yale University
    Susan Busch, Ph.D.
    susan.busch@yale.edu
    $64,871.00


  • Strategies to Reduce Health Care Providers’ Administrative Burden Related to Quality Performance Measurement and Reporting
    February 2006-July 2007
    Center for Studying Health Systems Change
    Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D.
    pginsburg@hschange.org
    $99,518.00


  • Single Specialty Hospitals and Competition in the Hospital Industry
    February 2006-July 2007
    Boston University
    Kathleen Carey, Ph.D.
    kathleen.carey@med.va.gov
    $91,680.00


  • Causes and Consequences of Change in Local Public Health Spending
    March 2006-August 2007
    University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Glenn Mays, Ph.D., M.P.H.
    gpmays@uams.edu
    $115,973.00


  • Use of Tiered Networks by Employer Sponsored Health Plans
    July 2004-June 2007
    University of Southern Maine
    J. William Thomas, Ph.D.
    jwthomas@usm.maine.edu
    $367,636.00


  • Is the Impact of Managed Care on Hospital Prices Decreasing?
    October 2004-September 2006
    Cornell University
    William White, Ph.D.
    wdw8@cornell.edu
    $255,677.00


  • National Security and Child Health: Reexamining the Role of Medicaid and EPSDT
    December 2004-September 2005
    George Washington University
    Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
    sarar@gwu.edu
    $99,996.00


  • The Painful Prescription: Revisited
    May 2004-December 2005
    The Brookings Institution
    Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D.
    haaron@brook.edu
    $99,744.00


  • Hospital Ownership and Performance: An Integrative Research Review
    June 2004-November 2005
    Tufts University
    Karen Eggleston, Ph.D.
    karen.eggleston@tufts.edu
    $105,547.00


  • Market-Level Effects of Medicaid HMOs on Physician Participation, Enrollee Access, and Program Costs
    May 2004-April 2006
    Emory University
    Bradley Herring, Ph.D.
    bjherri@sph.emory.edu
    $172,075.00


  • Medicare Health Plan Decisions: Will Regional Competitive Bidding Work?
    July 2004-December 2006
    Boston University School of Public Health
    Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D.
    pizer@bu.edu
    $356,373.00


  • New Approaches to Identifying Market Power in Health Care
    May 2004-October 2006
    Northwestern University
    David Dranove, Ph.D.
    d-dranove@kellogg.northwestern.edu
    $240,433.00


  • Monitoring the Early Experience with Federal Health Insurance Tax Credits
    February 2004-July 2005
    Georgetown University
    Karen Pollitz, M.P.P.
    pollitzk@georgetown.edu
    $179,779.00


  • State Experience with Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs
    January 2004-November 2005
    Georgetown University
    Jack F. Hoadley, Ph.D.
    jfh7@georgetown.edu
    $241,176.00


  • The Emerging Market for Pharmacogenomics and Health Care Competition
    February 2004-April 2005
    College of William and Mary
    Louis F. Rossiter, Ph.D.
    lfross@wm.edu
    $108,455.00


  • An Investigation of the Management Uses of Health-based Risk Adjustment Tools by U.S. Purchasers and Health Plans
    February 2004-December 2004
    Park Nicollet Institute
    David J. Knutson
    knutsd@parknicollet.com
    $94,983.00


  • Meeting the Future Long-Term Care Needs of the Baby Boomers: How the Changing Structure of Families Will Affect Paid Helpers and Institutions
    December 2003-February 2007
    The Urban Institute
    Richard W. Johnson, Ph.D.
    rjohnson@ui.urban.org
    $343,492.00


  • Hospital Capital Financing in the Era of Quality and Safety: Strategies and Priorities for the Future - A Survey of CEOs
    January 2004-August 2005
    Health Research and Education Trust
    Mary A. Pittman, Ph.D.
    mpittman@aha.org
    $99,952.00


  • Cost, Utilization, and Health Effects of Successive Changes in Cesarean Length of Stay Policy
    March 2004-August 2005
    Harvard University
    Jeanne Madden, Ph.D.
    jeanne_madden@hphc.org
    $99,977.00


  • Impact of the Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System on Beneficiaries and Program Costs
    September 2003-August 2006
    Center for Home Care Policy and Research
    Christopher M. Murtaugh, Ph.D.
    cmurtaug@vnsny.org
    $436,220.00


  • Does Hospice Save Medicare Money?
    October 2003-September 2006
    Duke University
    Donald H. Taylor, Jr., Ph.D.
    dtaylor@hpolicy.duke.edu
    $302,981.00


  • The Kaiser Permanente Medicare Demonstration: Policy Implications of Offering a Dual Option Benefit Package in an HMO
    October 2003-April 2005
    Brandeis University
    Walter N. Leutz, Ph.D.
    leutz@brandeis.edu
    $100,305.00


  • Managed Care and Medicare Expenditures
    January 2004-December 2004
    University of Michigan
    Michael E. Chernew, Ph.D.
    ggbz@umich.edu
    $99,999.00


  • The Effects of Managed Care Organizations on Government Spending and Health Care Quality: Evidence from California’s Medicaid Mandates
    October 2002-March 2004
    University of Maryland
    Mark Duggan, Ph.D.
    duggan@econ.bsos.umd.edu
    $69,782.00


  • Competition, Volume, and Outcome in Cardiovascular Care in California
    November 2002-August 2006
    The University of Chicago
    Min Woong Sohn, Ph.D.
    m-sohn@uchicago.edu
    $275,341.00


  • Private Insurance Markets: The Missing Link-Association Health Plans and Other Pooled Purchasing Arrangements
    April 2003-April 2005
    Georgetown University
    Mila Kofman, J.D.
    mk262@georgetown.edu
    $230,547.00


  • Local Funding for Health Services in Rural Counties
    April 2003-March 2004
    University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc.
    Mary Zimmerman, Ph.D.
    $100,000.00


  • The Treatment of Dying Medicare Managed Care Patients: The Role of Social and Economic Factors
    November 2002-June 2005
    Health Research and Educational Trust
    Jon R. Gabel
    jgabel@aha.org
    $449,695.00


  • Factors Affecting End-of-Life Care for Beneficiaries Who Are Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid
    October 2002-June 2005
    The Urban Institute
    Korbin Liu, Ph.D.
    kliu@ui.urban.org
    $305,468.00


  • Sustaining Individual Health Insurance Markets Under Community Rating and Open Enrollment
    April 2002-September 2003
    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Joel Cantor, Sc.D.
    jcantor@cshp.rutgers.edu
    $96,213.00


  • Cost Effectiveness, Quality and the Future of Medical Technology Assessment
    July 2002-June 2004
    Harvard School of Public Health
    Peter Neumann
    pneumann@hsph.harvard.edu
    $286,481.00


  • Health Plan Selection for Medicare Eligible Enrollees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
    April 2002-February 2004
    Emory University
    Curtis Florence, Ph.D.
    cfloren@sph.emory.edu
    $208,604.00


  • Creating and Sharing Improved Tools for Policymakers to Assess Risk Adjustment Approaches
    October 2001-September 2002
    University of California, San Francisco
    R. Adams Dudley, M.D.
    adudley@itsa.ucsf.edu
    $100,000.00


  • The Anatomy of ERISA Health Plans: Describing their Basic Structure and Key Areas of Variation
    October 2001-August 2002
    George Washington University, Center for Health Services Research and Policy
    Karl Polzer, Ph.D
    karlp@gwu.edu
    $77,608.00


  • Medicaid Managed Care and Health Care Access, Use, and Quality
    May 2002-August 2003
    Stanford University School of Medicine
    Laurence Baker, Ph.D.
    laurence.baker@stanford.edu
    $86,774.00


  • Geographic Variation in Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services Utilization: What is the Role of Physician Practice Patterns?
    March 2002-March 2003
    UCLA
    Tom Belin
    tbelin@mednet.ucla.edu
    $101,012.00


  • The Impact of Managed Behavioral Health Market Share, Public Sector Carve-Outs, and Parity Legislation on Service Utilization for Children and Adolescents: Results from NSAF and CTS
    January 2002-December 2002
    RAND
    Roland Sturm, Ph.D.
    roland_sturm@rand.org
    $100,183.00


  • Managed Care’s Spillover Effects on the Quality of Diabetes Care for Medicare Patients
    January 2002-July 2003
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    Paul L. Hebert, Ph.D.
    paul.hebert@mountsinai.org
    $83,890.00


  • Health Care Services for Children Placed in Foster or Kinship Care
    January 2002-June 2003
    University of Colorado
    Stephen Berman, M.D.
    berman.stephen@tchden.org
    $101,006.00


  • How Managed Care Growth Has Affected Health Departments’ and Physicians’ Ability to Provide Indigent Care
    January 2002-March 2003
    University of Pittsburgh
    Christopher Keane, Sc.D.
    crkcity@pitt.edu
    $91,081.00


  • Health Plan Choices and Adverse Selection in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
    February 2002-June 2003
    University of Pennsylvania
    Daniel E. Polsky, Ph.D.
    polsky@mail.med.upenn.edu
    $124,963.00


  • Are Highly Concentrated Health Care Markets Bad for Health Care?
    April 2002-December 2003
    University of Washington
    George Wright, Ph.D.
    gwright@fammed.washington.edu
    $100,000.00


  • Health Plan Choice and Utilization: The Role of Plan Attributes
    January 2002-December 2003
    Indiana University
    Pravin K. Trivedi, Ph.D.
    trivedi@indiana.edu
    $100,698.00


  • Guaranteed Renewability in Individual and Group Health Insurance: Functioning and Future Prospects
    November 2001-October 2002
    University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
    Mark V. Pauly, Ph.D
    pauly@wharton.upenn.edu
    $99,972.00


  • Changes in Physicians’ Decisions to Treat Medicaid Patients and the Uninsured
    December 2001-June 2005
    Health Research and Educational Trust
    Phillip R. Kletke, Ph.D.
    pkletke@aha.org
    $212,604.00


  • Assessing the Impact of a Public Report on Hospital Quality: A Controlled Experiment in the State of Wisconsin
    September 2001-May 2005
    University of Oregon
    Judith H. Hibbard, Dr. P.H.
    jhibbard@oregon.uoregon.edu
    $530,126.00


  • The Impact of Pharmaceutical Formularies on Prescription Drug and Health Care Costs and Utilization
    May 2001-April 2004
    Harvard University
    Richard G. Frank, Ph.D.
    frank@hcp.med.harvard.edu
    $642,482.00


  • The Impact of Quality Information on Consumer Plan Choices: Does Health Status Matter?
    July 2001-June 2003
    RAND Coorporation
    Katherine M. Harris, Ph.D.
    kharris1@mail.nih.gov
    $99,617.00


  • The Effect of Local Hospital Networks on the Cost and Accessibility of Hospital Services
    May 2001-April 2002
    Boston University
    Gary J. Young, J.D., Ph.D.
    health@bu.edu
    $100,556.00


  • Medicare Risk-Contracting: Impact on Access and Quality for Medicare HMO Enrollees and Vulnerable Populations
    February 2001-January 2005
    University of Southern California
    Glenn A. Melnick, Ph.D.
    gmelnick@usc.edu
    $652,866.00


  • Trends in Medigap Insurance and the Impact of Recent Market and Regulatory Changes
    January 2001-December 2003
    PDF, LLC
    Peter D. Fox, Ph.D.
    peterfox8@earthlink.net
    $231,000.00


  • Prescription Benefit Comprehensiveness and Costs of Care in Elderly Persons with Chronic Illness: The Medicare Enrollee Drug Study (MEDS)
    November 2000-April 2003
    University of Washington
    Mark P. Doescher, M.D., MSPH
    mdoesche@u.washington.edu
    $100,000.00


  • Exit, Voice and Frailty: Consumer Behavior Under Managed Competition
    February 2000-December 2002
    Yale University
    Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D.
    mark.schlesinger@yale.edu
    $294,303.00


  • Physician Compensation & Risk Bearing Arrangements in Medical Groups: Market Level Effects and Impacts on Physician Productivity and Risk Contracting
    February 2000-July 2001
    University of Washington
    Douglas Conrad, Ph.D.
    dconrad@u.washington.edu
    $49,994.00


  • When Doctors Believe They Are Not Providing Good Care: The Sources of Professional Distress in the American Health Care System
    January 2000-June 2001
    New York Academy of Medicine
    Bradford Gray, Ph.D.
    bgray@nyam.org
    $100,000.00


  • Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Care Among the Insured
    January 2000-December 2000
    University of Rochester
    Kevin Fiscella, M.D.
    kevin_fiscella@urmc.rochester.edu
    $100,000.00


  • Conditions of Practice and Quality of Care: Physicians' Perceptions
    January 2000-January 2002
    University of California at Davis
    Richard Kravitz, M.D.
    rlkravitz@ucdavis.edu
    $98,155.00


  • State Health Policy and the State of American Medicine
    January 2000-September 2001
    Yale University
    Karl Kronebusch, Ph.D.
    karl.kronebusch@yale.edu
    $105,473.00


  • The Influence of Managed Care on Physician Scope of Practice
    January 2000-March 2001
    Boston University
    Carol Simon, Ph.D.
    cjsimon@bu.edu
    $56,966.00


  • Gender and Managed Care
    January 2000-September 2001
    University of Pennsylvania
    Jerry Jacobs, Ph.D.
    jjacobs@sas.upenn.edu
    $96,327.00


  • Impact of Medicaid Managed Care on Access to Care and Service Use
    April 2000-December 2002
    The Urban Institute
    Stephen Zuckerman, Ph.D.
    szuckerm@ui.urban.org
    $374,284.00


  • Business Views of Strengths and Weaknesses of the Employer-Based System for Providing Health Insurance Coverage
    April 2000-June 2001
    Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
    Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D.
    jmeyer@capu.net
    $234,568.00


  • The Relationship Between Market Forces and the Cost, Treatments and Outcomes of Medicare AMI Patients
    January 1999-June 2001
    Duke University
    Kevin Schulman, M.D.
    schul012@mc.duke.edu
    $250,000.00


  • Studies of the Working Uninsured, Their Dependents and Insurance Reform on Their Behalf
    June 2000-July 2002
    The Urban Institute
    Linda J. Blumberg, Ph.D.
    lblumber@ui.urban.org
    $825,883.00


  • The Impact of the Prospective Payment System on Nursing Home Care
    June 2000-May 2002
    Brown University
    David Gifford, M.D.
    david_gifford@brown.edu
    $359,732.00


  • Health and Economic Consequences of Medicaid Disenrollment in New York City
    June 2000-May 2001
    Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Peter Arno, Ph.D.
    parno@montefiore.org
    $99,115.00


  • Understanding Medical Necessity Decision Making
    June 2000-October 2001
    Stanford University
    Linda Bergthold, Ph.D.
    Linda.bergthold@watsonwyatt.com
    $297,226.00


  • Causes and Consequences of the HMO Underwriting Cycle
    June 2000-May 2001
    University of Minnesota
    Douglas R. Wholey, Ph.D.
    whole001@tc.umn.edu
    $99,996.00


  • The Fishing Partnership Health Plan: A Model for Reducing the Numbers of the Working Uninsured
    July 2000-June 2002
    Boston University
    Stephen M. Davidson, Ph.D.
    sdavidso@bu.edu
    $400,000.00


  • Evolution of Self-Insurance in an Era of Managed Care
    August 2000-February 2003
    Wayne State University
    Gail A. Jensen, Ph.D.
    gail.jensen@wayne.edu
    $298,126.00


  • Factors Associated With Health Insurance Coverage for Low-Income Children
    March 1999-July 2000
    University of Pittsburgh
    Chyongchiou Jeng Lin, Ph.D.
    cjlin@imap.pitt.edu
    $76,800.00


  • Research on the Impact of Physician Competition on Health Care Utilization
    February 1999-December 2000
    University of Washington
    George E. Wright, Ph.D.
    gwright@fammed.washington.edu
    $88,178.00


  • Preferences, Choices, and Managed Care Markets: Determinants of Consumer Trust and Satisfaction
    February 1999-January 2001
    University of Minnesota School of Public Health
    Douglas R. Wholey, Ph.D.
    whole001@tc.umn.edu
    $88,315.00


  • Research on the Effect of Community Variability on Financing Strategy Effectiveness
    March 1999-August 2000
    Washington State University
    Michael Hendryx, Ph.D.
    hendryx@wsu.edu
    $75,205.00


  • Research on Risk Selection in Employer-sponsored Health Insurance
    February 1999-July 2000
    University of Pennsylvania
    Daniel Polsky, Ph.D.
    polsky@mail.med.upenn.edu
    $98,543.00


  • Research on the Relationship Between Market Characteristics and the Number and Type of Medicare Enrollees in HMOs
    February 1999-July 2001
    University of Michigan
    Catherine McLaughlin, Ph.D.
    cmcl@umich.edu
    $78,454.00


  • Uninsured in America: Individual and Community Factors
    March 1999-February 2001
    University of Washington
    Barry Saver, M.D.
    saver@u.washington.edu
    $100,768.00


  • Access to Care Among Hispanics: Implications for Understanding Community Variation
    March 1999-November 2000
    Project HOPE
    Claudia Schur, Ph.D.
    cschur@projhope.org
    $97,397.00


  • Measuring Managed Care Activity
    March 1999-July 2000
    Stanford University
    Laurence C. Baker, Ph.D.
    baker@osirs.stanford.edu
    $87,411.00


  • Premium Variation and Insurance Demand in the Individual Insurance Market
    March 1999-October 2000
    University of Pennsylvania
    Mark Pauly, Ph.D.
    pauly@wharton.upenn.edu
    $71,820.00


  • Analysis of the Transfer of Risk and Clinical Management Responsibilities to Physician Organizations
    April 1999-June 2001
    University of California at San Francisco
    Robert H. Miller, Ph.D.
    millerr@itsa.ucsf.edu
    $350,004.00


  • Research on Determinants of Hospital Contracts with HMOs
    May 1999-April 2001
    Boston University
    Gary J. Young, J.D., Ph.D.
    health@bu.edu
    $49,449.00


  • A Comparative Evaluation of Risk-Adjustment Methodologies for Profiling Physician Practice Efficiency
    May 1999-April 2002
    University of Michigan
    J. William Thomas, Ph.D.
    jwthomas@usm.maine.edu
    $449,327.00


  • Implementation and Impact of Health Based Risk Adjustment
    June 2000-May 2003
    Institute for Research and Education, HealthSystem Minnesota
    David Knutson
    knutsd@parknicollet.com
    $747,900.00


  • Capped Prescription Benefits and Medicare Managed Care
    August 1999-July 2000
    University of Arizona Health Services Center
    Brenda Motheral, Ph.D.
    bmotheral@express-scripts.com
    $57,534.00


  • Barriers to Small-Group Purchasing Coalitions
    August 1998-December 1999
    Economic and Social Research Institute
    Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D.
    jmeyer@capu.net
    $199,909.00


  • The Transformation of Corporate Health Care Purchasing
    October 1998-May 2001
    JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
    James Maxwell, Ph.D.
    maxwell@jsi.com
    $435,969.00


  • Methods to Present Quality Information to Assist Consumers to Make Health Plan Decisions
    January 1999-March 2000
    University of Oregon
    Judith Hibbard, Dr. P.H.
    jhibbard@oregon.uoregon.edu
    $476,862.00


  • Hospital Ownership Conversions
    December 1998-November 2001
    Duke University.
    Frank A. Sloan, Ph.D.
    fsloan@hpolicy.duke.edu
    $342,631.00


  • Changes in Drug Payment and Management Strategies in Physician Organization
    September 1999-December 2001
    University of California, San Francisco
    Helene Levens Lipton, Ph.D.
    lipton@itsa.ucsf.edu
    $290,507.00


  • The Economics of Health Information Technology in Physician Organizations
    February 1999-October 2001
    University of California at San Francisco
    Robert H. Miller, Ph.D.
    millerr@itsa.ucsf.edu
    $301,086.00


  • Information Technologies and the Use of Information in Managed Care
    January 1999-June 2001
    University of Minnesota
    Jon B. Christianson, Ph.D.
    chris001@tc.umn.edu
    $385,208.00


  • The Effect of Managed Care on Treatment Patterns and Health Outcomes Among Traditional Medicare Patients
    February 1999-July 2001
    Stanford University
    Laurence C. Baker, Ph.D.
    baker@osirs.stanford.edu
    $252,814.00


  • The Impact of Nonprofit Conversions on Community Benefit
    September 1997-August 1998
    Boston University School of Public Health
    Gary J. Young, J.D., Ph.D.
    health@bu.edu
    $72,619.00


  • Physician Compensation and Risk-Bearing Arrangements in Medical Groups: Impact on Physician Productivity
    September 1997-November 1999
    University of Washington
    Douglas A. Conrad, Ph.D.
    dconrad@u.washington.edu
    $480,089.00


  • Market Forces in Investor-Owned Health Maintenance Organizations
    November 1997-October 2000
    University of Pennsylvania
    Mark Pauly, Ph.D.
    pauly@wharton.upenn.edu
    $480,089.00


  • Reforming Medicare Risk Payment Through Competitive Market Forces
    November 1997-October 1999
    Kaiser Family Hospital
    Mark C. Hornbrook, Ph.D.
    hornbrookma@chs.mts.kpnw.org
    $484,065.00


  • The Effects of the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 on Health Services Accessibility and Efficiency
    November 1997-July 2001
    Rutgers University
    Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D.
    jcantor@rci.rutgers.edu
    $487,189.00


  • An Evaluation of the Impact of the New York Health Care Reform Act of 1996 on Selected Clinical Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction, and Health Status
    April 1998-July 2001
    Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS)
    Raymond D. Sweeney
    rsweeney@hanys.org
    $970,933.00


  • Impact of Physician Compensation Mechanisms on the Process of Care
    May 1998-April 2001
    University of Massachusetts Medical Center
    Terry S. Field, Sc.D.
    tfield@meyersprimary.org
    $487,189.00


  • Evolution of Physician Organization Under Managed Care
    May 1998-April 2002
    University of California at Berkeley
    James C. Robinson, Ph.D.
    jamie@socrates.berkeley.edu
    $313,039.00


  • Investigation into Specialty Payment: Effects on Cost and Treatments
    May 1998-October 2001
    University of Washington
    Barry G. Saver, M.D.
    saver@u.washington.edu
    $365,559.00


  • Effects of a Statewide Perinatal Program for the Uninsured
    August 1990-November 1992
    Harvard Medical School
    Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.
    aepstein@hsph.harvard.edu
    $178,315.00


  • The Rise in Employer Health Care Costs -- Phase 1
    August 1990-October 1991
    University of California-Irvine
    Paul J. Feldstein, Ph.D.
    pfeldste@uci.edu
    $142,623.00


  • The Dynamics of Spells Without Health Insurance
    February 1991-December 1992
    The Urban Institute
    Katherine Swartz, Ph.D.
    kswartz@hsph.harvard.edu
    $188,204.00


  • Enhancing Access to Obstetrical Care: An Evaluation of A Change in Medicaid Payment Policy
    December 1990-June 1993
    State of Maryland, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
    Michael H. Fox
    $58,849.00


  • Effects of Competition and Rate Regulation on Access to Physician Services and Uncompensated Care
    November 1990-April 1994
    Western Consortium of Public Health/University of California
    Glenn A. Melnick, Ph.D.
    gmelnick@usc.edu
    $394,461.00


  • Californians' Health Insurance Coverage: Research for Public Policy Making and Planning
    November 1990-January 1992
    University of California, Los Angeles
    E. Richard Brown, Ph.D.
    erbrown@ucla.edu
    $128,137.00


  • Efficiency/Quality/Outcome Trade-offs in Medicare's Prospective Payment System
    June 1991-October 1993
    Georgetown University, Center for Health Policy Studies
    Jack Hadley, Ph.D.
    jahdley@ui.urban.org
    $623,482.00


  • The Rise in Employer Health Costs -- Phase 2
    November 1991-December 1994
    University of California, Irvine
    Paul J. Feldstein, Ph.D.
    pfeldste@uci.edu
    $285,819.00


  • Health Care Utilization Among the Previously Uninsured
    November 1991-March 1995
    University of Southern Maine
    Elizabeth H. Kilbreth
    bethk@usm.maine.edu
    $540,392.00


  • An Analysis of the Effects of Medical Underwriting
    September 1991-February 1994
    University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center
    William R. Braithwaite, M.D., Ph.D.
    william.r.braithwaite@us.pwcglobal.com
    $238,684.00


  • Trauma System Structure and Performance
    September 1991-August 1994
    Hospital Research and Educational Trust
    Gloria J. Bazzoli, Ph.D.
    gbazzoli@vcu.edu
    $398,433.00


  • A Comparative Analysis of Small and Large Group Health Care Utilization and Costs, 1988-1990
    September 1991-November 1993
    Pittsburgh Research Institute
    Wanda Young, Sc.D.
    $569,647.00


  • Evaluation of New York City Model to Provide Home Care Services: The Cluster Care Demonstration
    November 1990-July 1993
    Harvard University, School of Public Health
    Penny H. Feldman, Ph.D.
    pfeldman@vnsny.org
    $301,159.00


  • The Effect of Expanding Medicaid Coverage to Poor Uninsured Women on Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes -- Planning Grant
    November 1991-February 1992
    Harvard Medical School
    Arnold M. Epstein, M.D.
    aepstein@hsph.harvard.edu
    $33,598.00


  • Impact of Medicare Payment Reductions For "Overpriced" Surgical Procedures on Utilization and Access
    March 1991-December 1992
    Center for Health Economics Research
    Janet B. Mitchell, Ph.D.
    jmitchell@her-cher.org
    $195,745.00


  • Assessment of Quality of Care Under PPS By Examining Patient Functional Status Through Post-Hospital Period -- A Feasibility Study
    February 1991-October 1991
    Rutgers, The State University, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research
    Louise B. Russell, Ph.D.
    lrussell@rci.rutgers.edu
    $71,093.00


  • Health Care Utilization Among the Previously Uninsured-- A Feasibility Study
    February 1991-July 1991
    University of Southern Maine
    Elizabeth H. Kilbreth
    bethk@usm.maine.edu
    $62,353.00


  • Physician Response to Medicare Payment Reductions: Impacts on the Public and Private Sectors
    June 1992-August 1994
    University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health
    Thomas H. Rice, Ph.D.
    trice@ucla.edu
    $296,945.00


  • The Effects of PPOs on Health Care Use and Costs
    June 1992-May 1995
    University of Michigan, School of Public Health
    Dean G. Smith, Ph.D.
    deans@umich.edu
    $200,185.00


  • Hospital Responses to Competitive and Regulatory Pressures: The Role of Organizational Form in Changing Markets
    July 1992-December 1994
    Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
    Richard J. Zeckhauser, Ph.D.
    $398,733.00


  • Medical Risk Distribution Among Competing Health Plans
    November 1993-July 1995
    University of Washington, School of Public Health/Community Medicine
    Carolyn W. Madden, Ph.D.
    watts@u.washington.edu
    $1,031,851.00


  • Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperatives: Analysis of Existing Data
    November 1993-December 1995
    University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Services Research
    Bryan E. Dowd, Ph.D.
    dowdx001@tc.umn.edu
    $237,891.00


  • HMO Mergers: Analysis of Trends and Public Policy Issues
    January 1994-June 1995
    University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Services Research
    Roger D. Feldman, Ph.D.
    feldm02@tc.umn.edu
    $174,891.00


  • Evaluation of State Initiatives to Expand Health Insurance Among Small Businesses
    December 1992-February 1995
    Wayne State University, Institute of Gerontology
    Gail A. Jensen, Ph.D.
    gail.jensen@wayne.edu
    $213,720.00


  • Changing Medicaid Physician Fees: Effects on Access and Total Cost
    May 1993-August 1997
    RAND
    Stephen H. Long, Ph.D.
    long@rand.org
    $499,896.00


  • Developing Risk Assessment Tools for Large Employers and Testing Risk Adjustment Approaches in Health Care Purchasing
    June 1993-November 1996
    Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH)
    Patricia E. Powers
    pepowers@mindspring.com
    $614,326.00


  • CCRCs: An Efficient Alternative for Long-Term Care Provision and Financing?
    January 1992-December 1994
    Duke University
    Frank A. Sloan, Ph.D.
    fsloan@hpolicy.duke.edu
    $306,442.00


  • Implementing Risk-Adjustment for Medicaid
    March 1997-February 2000
    University of California
    Richard G. Kronick, Ph.D.
    rkronick@ucsd.edu
    $588,050.00


  • Controlling Risk Segmentation under Employment-based Medical Savings Accounts
    April 1997-October 1998
    University of Pennsylvania
    Mark V. Pauly, Ph.D.
    pauly@wharton.upenn.edu
    $321,084.00


  • Consumer Choice of Plans, Employer Contribution Policy, and Health Plan Price
    April 1997-September 1998
    Institute for Health Policy Solutions
    Richard E. Curtis
    rcurtis@ihps.org
    $563,099.00


  • Hospital Uncompensated Care Under Managed Care, Competition and Fiscal Pressure
    July 1997-March 2000
    University of Southern California
    Glenn A. Melnick, Ph.D.
    gmelnick@usc.edu
    $303,958.00


  • The Effects of Any Willing Provider Laws
    April 1996-March 1998
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Michael Morrisey, Ph.D.
    morrisey@uab.edu
    $366,142.00


  • Older American's Health Insurance: Emerging Concerns
    May 1996-April 1999
    The Urban Institute
    Sheila R. Zedlewski
    szedlews@ui.urban.org
    $174,396.00


  • Hospital Contracting Under Managed Care
    June 1996-December 1998
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Michael Morrisey, Ph.D.
    morrisey@uab.edu
    $421,487.00


  • Physician Responses to HMO Growth
    September 1996-February 1999
    University of Pennsylvania
    Daniel Polsky, Ph.D.
    polsky@mail.med.upenn.edu
    $456,196.00


  • Assessing the Impact of Hospital Mergers
    August 1996-October 1997
    Economic and Social Research Institute
    Jack A. Meyer, Ph.D.
    jmeyer@capu.net
    $270,836.00


  • Managed Care: Contractual Arrangements with Physicians and Implications for Pediatric Health Care Use
    September 1996-December 1998
    University of Florida
    Elizabeth A. Shenkman, Ph.D.
    eas@ichp.edu
    $563,488.00


  • An Evaluation of the Primary and Secondary Effects of Insurance Market Reform
    September 1996-December 2000
    Bowman Gray School of Medicine
    Mark A. Hall, J.D.
    mhall@law.wfu.edu
    $510,058.00


  • An Empirical Investigation of Employee Health Plan Choice and Switching Behavior Under Managed Competition
    November 1996-April 2001
    University of California, Irvine
    Thomas C. Buchmueller, Ph.D.
    tcbuchmu@uci.edu
    $294,527.00


  • Excess Capacity, Hospital Costs, and the Effects of Market Structure
    November 1996-August 1999
    Institute for Research and Education
    Ciaran S. Phibbs, Ph.D.
    cphibbs@odd.stanford.edu
    $375,314.00


  • Physician-Organization Arrangements: Impact on Integration and Managed Care
    February 1996-February 1998
    Hospital Research and Educational Trust
    Gloria J. Bazzoli, Ph.D.
    gbazzoli@vcu.edu
    $232,394.00


  • Survey to Begin Assessment of HIPC Risk Adjustment Mechanism
    May 1996-August 1996
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Alain C. Enthoven, Ph.D.
    enthoven@gsb.stanford.edu
    $56,517.00


  • Changes in Hospital Configurations Between 1980 and 1995 in Urban America
    April 1996-September 1998
    Boston University
    Alan Sager, Ph.D.
    asager@bu.edu
    $153,911.00


  • Changes in Employer-Offered Health Insurance: Firms Decision Making & Employee Satisfaction
    September 1996-August 1999
    University of Pittsburgh
    Judith R. Lave, Ph.D.
    lave@vms.cis.pitt.edu
    $424,424.00


  • Monitoring and Evaluation of Massachusetts's Chapter 495
    April 1994-December 1995
    Massachusetts Health Research Institute, Inc.
    Nancy M. Kane, D.B.A.
    nkane@hsph.harvard.edu
    $176,280.00


  • Effects of Different Mechanisms on Pharmaceutical Use and Cost
    February 1994-July 1996
    University of Pennsylvania
    Alan L. Hillman, M.D.
    garnetla@mail.med.upenn.edu
    $368,381.00


  • Beyond the Gatekeeper: How Managed Care Organizations Affect the Use of Technology
    March 1995-July 1998
    Project HOPE
    Curt D. Mueller, Ph.D.
    cmueller@projhope.org
    $374,625.00


  • Long-Term Care Options Planning Project
    July 1994-June 1995
    State of Minnesota, Department of Human Services
    Pamela J. Parker
    pam.parker@state.mn.us
    $70,100.00


  • Evaluate Selective Contracting for Tertiary Services by Managed Care Organizations
    July 1994-December 1997
    Georgetown University
    Jack Hadley, Ph.D.
    jhadley@ui.urban.org
    $623,482.00


  • The Effect of a Physician Gatekeeper on the Cost of, Access to, and Quality of Care in an Employed Population
    January 1995-December 1997
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Medical Practice Evaluation Center, Health Care Policy Research and Development Unit
    David Blumenthal, M.D.
    dblumenthal@partners.org
    $490,559.00


  • Exploration of Market-Based Risk Adjustments for Adverse Selection in Health Insurance
    November 1994-July 1995
    Harvard University, School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Policy
    Katherine Swartz, Ph.D.
    kswartz@hsph.harvard.edu
    $29,818.00


  • Hospital Mergers and Health Reform: Decreased Competition Versus Community Benefit
    December 1994-November 1996
    California Office of Statewide Planning and Development
    Lisa Simonson, Ph.D.
    infotree@jps.net
    $34,944.00


  • HIPC Health Risk Adjusters Project
    January 1995-December 1996
    California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB)
    Sandra Shewry
    S_Shewry@yahoo.com
    $487,582.00


  • Effects of Physician Compensation Method on Physician Behavior and Satisfaction in Managed Care Organizations
    February 1995-March 1997
    University of Washington
    Douglas A. Conrad, Ph.D.
    dconrad@u.washington.edu
    $624,228.00


  • Research on the Governance and Management of Collective Purchasing Arrangements Under Managed Competition
    March 1995-April 1997
    JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
    James H. Maxwell, Ph.D.
    maxwell@jsi.com
    $99,123.00


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