November 1, 1996
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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care documented the implicit criteria used to determine "medical necessity" related to mental health, and the influences of financial incentives and organizational arrangements on medical necessity decisions.
September 17, 2012
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The Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute furthered the development and pilot testing of its Prometheus bundled payment model. Researchers at RAND and the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated the initiative at three pilot sites.
July 30, 2012
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Program Result
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine analyzed the impact of new health plans in Maine and Massachusetts that were designed to cover uninsured residents, as part of State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
July 30, 2012
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Program Result
Researchers at the Urban Institute evaluated the impact of state health reforms in on insurance coverage and access to and use of health care in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois, under State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
December 1, 2011
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Program Result
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services expanded its juvenile offender program to an additional site and negotiated for a third. The program connects juvenile offenders with health services during and after detention.
September 28, 2011
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Program Result
The High-Value Health Care Project, an initiative of the Quality Alliance Steering Committee, promoted a comprehensive, uniform national approach to measuring the performance of the health care system, to foster transparency and improve quality.
August 1, 2011
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Program Result
Researchers at Columbia University conducted surveys of the general public and of social services experts to collect information to help policy-makers develop a standard of health insurance affordability.
June 27, 2011
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Freelancers Union, launched the Freelancers Insurance Company (FIC) to provide affordable health insurance to low- and moderate-income independent workers.
May 23, 2011
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Program Result
The Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project is a coalition of more than 50 leading employer, consumer and labor organizations that seeks to give consumers and health care purchasers a greater voice in deliberations over performance measures.
April 15, 2011
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Victor R. Fuchs studied the factors that affect health care expenditures and health and policy solutions for covering the uninsured and reducing the high cost of health care, resulting in more than 50 publications.
