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Washington State Develops and Tests New Predictor of Patient's Health Needs

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

In 1997, the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) - the state agency responsible for administering the benefit program for nearly 300,000 Washington public employees, retirees and dependents, and the largest health care purchaser in the state - implemented a health-status-based risk-adjusted payment system.

Business Coalitions Face Challenges as Purchasers of Quality Low-Cost Health Care

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Between April 1995 and September 1996, the Economic and Social Research Institute, Washington, examined the design, implementation, and outcomes of new purchasing strategies in six business coalitions across the country — a sample of the most innovative and advanced purchasing groups in the United States.

As Part of RWJF's Communities in Charge Program, Jacksonville, Fla., Creates Subsidized Health Insurance Program to Serve Low-Income Employees

April 5, 2007 | Program Result Report

In January 2004, JaxCare began offering subsidized health insurance to low-income employees of participating businesses in Duval County, Fla.

Working as If One's Health Depended Upon it

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

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.

Study Shows Physician Gatekeeping May Help Lower Costs, But Questions Remain about Physician and Patient Satisfaction

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

In 1995-1997, David Blumenthal, M.D., Ph.D., and researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, evaluated the impact of a major component of managed care - the use of a primary care physician as a gatekeeper to authorize all health services of HMO members.

Health Purchasing Coalitions Struggle to Gain Bargaining Clout: Small Size and Lack of Support from Health Plans are Factors

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

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.

Hospital Expenditures Largest Culprit in Rising Health Care Costs

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

From 1990 to 1994, researchers at the University of California at Irvine, Graduate School of Management examined how and why employer health care costs increased over the six-year period from 1984 to 1990, despite efforts by employers to contain them.

Making Health Insurance More Affordable for Small Businesses

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Starting in September 1991, researchers at the Pittsburgh Research Institute, Pittsburgh, compared the health care costs and use for employees at small firms and individual health plan subscribers with employees at large firms.