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December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief/Audio/Presentation Material/Report/Video
Health policy experts discuss various care management programs which seek to reduce costs while enhancing quality for people with complex health care needs. Patients with complex health care needs account for a high percentage of annual medical ex ...
September 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Healthcare Leadership Council, along with Jason Lee, Ph.D., from Health Policy Consulting, studied the impact of educating small business owners in Virginia and Pennsylvania about health insurance.
April 1, 2012 | Report
The report finds that declines in ESI have been greater for low-income than high-income families, and greater for small firms than large ones. Additionally, low-income people working in large firms experienced large declines in ESI, where as high-income people in large firms experienced relatively small declines.
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief/Report
This synthesis describes what is known, and importantly what is not known, about hospital EDs in the United States. This report addresses key questions about the performance and sustainability of hospital EDs.
October 1, 2012 | Report
For more information contact: www.policysynthesis.org 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 ...
September 4, 2012 | Report
Have states saved money using managed care for their Medicaid populations and have their beneficiaries received better access and higher quality services?
February 1, 2012 | Report
Rhode Island has completed many essential steps toward implementing an operational health insurance exchange, and in November 2011 was the first in the nation to receive a level two establishment award following its successful bids for a planning grant.
February 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The expansion of health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has the potential to benefit persons with comorbid mental and medical disorders. This synthesis examines the evidence on physical and mental comorbidity including its prevalence, origins and models for effective treatment.
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief/Video
This synthesis provides policy-makers with a framework for evaluating the cost-effectiveness literature and investigates the economic evidence for investing in clinical preventive care.
June 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
This synthesis examines the practice and impact of self-referral, which occurs when a physician refers a patient to a facility in which that physician has an ownership interest. The number of self-referrals has grown substantially in the last decade.