April 11, 2008
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Program Result
The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center examined the effects of five HMO case management programs on patients' compliance with discharge services and use of acute care services.
December 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center refined and evaluated the Community Resource Connection, an administrative system that identified health care needs among elderly patients and linked them to appropriate services.
September 1, 2000
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Program Result
CareAmerica Health Plans, a for-profit health insurer in Southern California, launched its CareXchange SCB (Service Credit Banking) program in Glendale, Calif.
September 30, 1998
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Program Result
In 1997, the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change convened leading health policy academics, practitioners, and policy-makers for a conference on the future of Medicare and then published a book of papers from the conference.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Consumers Union of the United States created the 568-page Consumer Reports Complete Guide to Health Services for Seniors, which was published by Three Rivers Press in 2000.
June 8, 2006
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Program Result
The Community Coalition for Long Term Care - a coalition of Monroe (N.Y.) county agencies, BlueCross/BlueShield, local health care providers and advocacy organizations - conducted a demonstration project to develop and implement Continuing Care Networks.
January 1, 2005
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Program Result
From July 2001 to the end of 2003, project staff with the Partnership for Prevention, Washington, produced nonpartisan and objective analyses of approaches to increase the emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion under Medicare.
February 1, 2002
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Program Result
In 1999 and 2000, researchers at Harvard Medical School examined how Medicare helps and/or hinders health care providers in giving quality end-of-life care and made recommendations for change.
January 1, 2003
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Program Result
The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health studied Elder Health, a for-profit managed-care provider in Baltimore, Md., that serves individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid (i.e., dually eligible).
October 31, 2008
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Program Result
Estella set a potholder on fire because she could no longer read the burner knobs on her stove to tell if they were "on" or "off."
