January 1, 2003
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The University of Chicago Center for Health Administration Studies performed literature and data analyses aimed at describing the factors that could impact elderly Americans' ability to act as informed consumers under the Medicare+Choice program.
February 1, 2003
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Program Result Report
The Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy held a discussion on the growing interest in more affordable but less comprehensive health care benefit, plans as a means to maintaining or expanding affordable coverage, and possible policy changes.
March 1, 2003
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The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices educated governors and state health policy-makers about the health-related impact of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996.
March 1, 2003
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The Medical and Health Research Association of New York City refined its "pulse study" methodology, which uses billing information and other administrative databases to quickly assess emerging public health issues.
March 1, 2003
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Health Systems Research - a Washington public policy research and consulting firm acquired by Altarum in 2006 - organized a meeting of researchers and other experts to explore ways that tax credits might be used to expand health care coverage.
March 1, 2003
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In 2000, the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute of Portland, Ore. held a conference on cost-effectiveness analysis and managed care.
August 1, 2003
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The Oregon Health Policy Institute conducted an evaluation of five demonstration projects designed to implement and evaluate state efforts to remove barriers to employment for disabled people by increasing access to health care.
August 1, 2003
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In 1996-1999, investigators at the Urban Institute, Washington, investigated the effectiveness of the nation's health insurance system in providing coverage for older Americans using data from the 1992-1994 Health and Retirement study.
August 1, 2003
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This 1998-1999 project, conducted by researchers at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Washington, led by Elliot K. Wicks, PhD, gathered information to help employers, employees, consumer groups and policy-makers better understand the barriers to small-group health insurance purchasing coalitions.
September 1, 2003
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After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks damaged the computer systems of New York City's Medicaid program, city and state officials established a temporary, simplified enrollment process for public health insurance, called Disaster Relief Medicaid.