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May 12, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines geographic variation in diagnostic practices by studying Medicare recipients who move to regions with higher or lower diagnostic intensity than the original region.
May 12, 2010 | Journal Article
Two decades of research, driven by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, suggest that there are substantial differences in Medicare spending by region that do not correlate to the quality of health care provided.
March 8, 2011 | Story
Study by RWJF Clinical Scholar identifies disconnect between preventive care recommendations and reimbursement that health reform may help alleviate.
April 26, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare Part D excluded reimbursements for benzodiazepines, controversial sedatives used in many nursing homes. This study analyzed changes in the number of benzodiazepine prescriptions and falls and fractures among nursing home residents before and after Medicare Part D.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare Part-D added a new group of privatized prescription drug plans (PDPs) to the traditional plans offered under the Medicare Advantage program. This study examined how prices in the PDP market affect consumer (i.e.,beneficiary) behavior in choosing PDPs.
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article argues that establishing a new Medicare policy board, as proposed by the Obama administration and Congress transforming the Medicare agency into an independent agency or new department and conducting analyses of congressionally proposed payment policy changes before they are voted on could further insulate payment decisions from political interference.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Most of the recent growth in health care costs is due to the increasing volume of services offered by physicians to their Medicare patients. This paper considers whether changes in Medicare fees that negatively affect physicians? incomes also affect service volume.
August 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This research brief reports on a study that presented participants with simplified versions of Medicare prescription drug plans. The study tested the effects of increasing the number of available plans on the ability of beneficiaries to make cost-effective decisions.
May 18, 2010 | Story
National program director for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative to join key commission.
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
State Solutions was designed to increase enrollment in Medicare Savings Programs (MSPs).