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1. Medicare And Medicaid Spending Variations are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions But Not at Overall State Level Medicare And Medicaid Spending Variations are Strongly Linked Within Hospital Regions But Not at Overall State Level...
2. Public Reporting On Hospital Process Improvements Is Linked To Better Patient Outcomes The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services publicly reports so-called process performance at all U.S. hospitals, such as whether certain recommended treatments are given to specific types of patients. We examined whether hospital performance on key process indicators improved during the three years since this reporting began. We also studied whether or not these changes […]...
3. State Spending on Dual Eligibles Under Age 65 Shows Variations, Evidence Of Cost Shifting From Medicaid To Medicare State Spending on Dual Eligibles Under Age 65 Shows Variations, Evidence Of Cost Shifting From Medicaid To Medicare...
4. Share of Cost, If Slow Rate Of Health Care Spending Growth Persists, Projections May Be Off By $770 Billion Share of Cost, If Slow Rate Of Health Care Spending Growth Persists, Projections May Be Off By $770 Billion ...
5. Share of Cost, Treated Disease Prevalence and Spending per Treated Case Drove Most of The Growth In Health Care Spending In 1987-2009 Share of Cost, Treated Disease Prevalence and Spending per Treated Case Drove Most of The Growth In Health Care Spending In 1987-2009 ...
6. California’s Role In Ensuring That The Potential Of Health Reform Becomes Reality The fifty states will play a critical role in implementing the Affordable Care Act, and California is one of the states at the forefront of reform. The act can provide coverage to millions of currently uninsured Californians and offers important benefits in terms of more-affordable coverage, improved access to services, and better health outcomes. As […]...
7. Share of Cost, Additional Reductions In Medicare Spending Growth Will Likely Require Shifting Costs To Beneficiaries Share of Cost, Additional Reductions In Medicare Spending Growth Will Likely Require Shifting Costs To Beneficiaries ...
8. Share of Cost, Large Increases In Spending On Postacute Care In Medicare Point To The Potential For Cost Savings In These Settings Share of Cost, Large Increases In Spending On Postacute Care In Medicare Point To The Potential For Cost Savings In These Settings ...
9. Recession Contributes To Slowest Annual Rate Of Increase In Health Spending In Five Decades In 2009, US health care spending grew 4.0 percent—a historically low rate of annual increase—to $2.5 trillion, or $8,086 per person. Despite the slower growth, the share of the gross domestic product devoted to health spending increased to 17.6 percent in 2009 from 16.6 percent in 2008. The growth rate of health spending continued to outpace the growth of the […]...
10. Share of Cost, A Public-Private Partnership Improves Clinical Performance In A Hospital Network In Lesotho Share of Cost, A Public-Private Partnership Improves Clinical Performance In A Hospital Network In Lesotho...
11. In a California Program, Quality And Utilization Reports On Reproductive Health Services Spurred Providers To Change In a California Program, Quality And Utilization Reports On Reproductive Health Services Spurred Providers To Change...
12. Federal Agencies Should Take Advantage Of Opportunities To Promote Integration Of Primary Care And Public Health Federal Agencies Should Take Advantage Of Opportunities To Promote Integration Of Primary Care And Public Health...
13. Share of Cost, Public Financing Of The Medicare Program Will Make Its Uniform Structure Increasingly Costly To Sustain Share of Cost, Public Financing Of The Medicare Program Will Make Its Uniform Structure Increasingly Costly To Sustain ...
14. Reasons For The Wide Variation In Medicaid Participation Rates Among States Hold Lessons For Coverage Expansion In 2014 The Affordable Care Act will expand Medicaid eligibility in 2014 to adults with incomes of up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level. To maximize this opportunity, policy makers need to ensure that participation, or “take-up,” among eligible adults exceeds current rates. Using the Current Population Survey 2005–10, it is estimated that the nationwide Medicaid […]...
15. Share of Cost, Supplemental Coverage Associated With More Rapid Spending Growth For Medicare Beneficiarie Share of Cost, Supplemental Coverage Associated With More Rapid Spending Growth For Medicare Beneficiarie...