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September 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Hospitalization rates and Medicare costs due to cardiovascular disease have the potential to be reduced when patients practice better medication adherence.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The growth in the use of advanced imaging for Medicare beneficiaries decelerated in 2006 and 2007, ending a decade of growth that had exceeded 6 percent annually. The slowdown raises three questions. Did the slowdown in growth of imaging under Medic ...
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Proposals to move toward reducing geographic differentials in health care spending have focused on patterns of spending in Medicare.
April 19, 2012 | Journal Article
New report examines the impact of the Medicare Modernization Act on access to cancer chemotherapy treatment.
August 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Higher medication adherence rates for two classes of drugs saved Medicare dollars over three years.
July 27, 2011 | Journal Article
While Medicare Part D has reduced out-of-pocket expenses and increased medication use and adherence, little is known about whether the prescription drug benefit has reduced medical spending in other areas.
May 24, 2011 | Journal Article
More medical spending found to modestly relate to better health outcomes.
July 19, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
It was a difficult decision for me and my family to leave Cincinnati Children’s. I was an Associate Professor, Director of Hospital Medicine, and AVP for Outcomes Performance for a health system that is at the forefront of quality improvement and de ...
August 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This policy paper describes how Medicare makes decisions about which procedures and technologies to cover, explores particular problems in how Medicare applies policies about covering new services, and outlines opportunities for improvement in the process of making coverage decisions
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
An examination of case studies to determine the potential of an alternative system of Medicare prescription drug benefits in which the government winnows available choices found that the proposed system meets all of its evaluation criteria and is therefore a viable option.