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November 1, 2005 | Program Result
In January 2005, the National Business Group on Health, Washington, produced and released the second Employer's Guide to Health Improvement and Preventive Services.
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
From 1999 to 2003, investigators from the National Academy of Social Insurance analyzed the complex American system for providing health care coverage to and wage replacement for people who lose their connection to work.
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1996, the Galen Institute sponsored a conference on tax policy and health care reform, and, in 1999, published papers that had been commissioned for the conference in a book.
March 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Leapfrog Group developed standards for evaluating hospitals' use of computerized physician order entry systems, and devised and tested techniques to raise awareness about the importance of considering the presence of systems.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
This 1996-1998 project, conducted by Jinnet B. Fowles, Ph.D., and researchers at the Institute for Research and Education in Minneapolis, evaluated how consumer-based reports cards affect institutional behavior in the health care market.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
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 | Program Result
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.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
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 | Program Result
During 2000 and 2001, Catholic Health East established the Affordable Access Initiative to increase the participation of its low-income employees in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.
December 1, 2003 | Program Result
Investigators at RAND estimated the fiscal consequences of requiring health insurers to cover substance abuse treatment at a level of parity with coverage for other health care services.