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January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1992 to 1995, researchers at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Ann Arbor, Mich., assessed the overall effects of preferred provider organizations (PPOs) on hospital, outpatient, physician, and total health care costs and utilization. They compared costs of care in the PPOs with those of managed indemnity plans.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1998, People-to-People Health Foundation, Millwood, Va., examined the management tools and strategies that managed care organizations use to influence technologies used by primary care physicians — including how to prescribe drugs and make referrals to specialists.
April 6, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Alameda Alliance for Health, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization serving the people of Alameda County, established two new health insurance programs.
June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
From 1998 to 2001, Spartanburg, S.C.-based Hedrick Smith Productions, headed by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Hedrick Smith, produced two PBS programs examining managed care and other major health care issues. They also conducted an outreach campaign in connection with the programs.
August 25, 2003 | Program Result Report
This 1994-1997 project, conducted by Jack A. Hadley, PhD, and researchers at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, evaluated managed care plans' use of selective contracting to purchase tertiary care services.
January 31, 2001 | Program Result Report
Researchers studied the behavior of managed care organizations (MCOs) in their contracting with hospitals. The study sought to shed light on why MCOs contract with particular hospitals and how stable these relationships are over time.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 1998, researchers at the University of Alabama studied the effect of any willing provider (AWP) and freedom of choice (FOC) laws on Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and employers.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Researchers looked at how managed care penetration in given geographic areas affected the diffusion and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a technology that allows physicians to obtain clear pictures of patients' internal structures.
August 1, 2005 | Program Result Report
In 1997, Congress approved the Medicare+Choice program, which sought to contain costs and expand seniors' health plan choices by increasing access to managed care plans.
January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Research Institute in Portland, Ore., studied the feasibility of improving coordination of care for working-age adults with two or more chronic medical conditions.