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May 2, 2013 | Issue Brief
States are allowed under the Affordable Care Act to customize their own health insurance plans to meet a required 10 categories of “essential health benefits.” While states like the flexible approach, patient advocates prefer a national standard.
October 1, 2012 | Report
The managed care backlash of the 1990s combined with rising health expenditures led to the creation of consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), which place greater responsibility for health care decision-making in the hands of consumers. CDHPs are in ...
October 29, 2010 | Issue Brief
The health reform law exempts certain existing health insurance plans from many requirements. What does that mean for consumers, insurers, and employers?
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Risk appraisals might influence employees' health behavior, but they're not the entire answer. In this paper the authors explore the potential role of health risk appraisals as a tool for managing health care quality and costs in employer-sponsored insurance.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result
A team of researchers conducted a mail and telephone survey of 500 public-sector employers to inventory their health plan purchasing practices and estimate the effect of those practices on premiums.
April 3, 2013 | Issue Brief
To spur more consumer choice in the insurance market, the Affordable Care Act created the Multi-State Plan Program to certify health insurance issuers to offer at least two plans in every state insurance exchange.
November 1, 2004 | Program Result
Between 1996 and 2003, researchers at the Rural Health Research Center at the University of Minnesota studied changes in the rural health system and produced and disseminated several publications describing those changes.
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
In this 2000–2001 project, Linda Bergthold, PhD, and researchers at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., surveyed health plan medical directors in 48 states about medical necessity decision making. The study provides input for policy-making at the state and national levels.
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.
April 29, 2013 | Report
Experts recommend solutions for closing the gaps in quality and efficiency of health care.