January 1, 2001
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Program Result Report
In 1997, the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) - the state agency responsible for administering the benefit program for nearly 300,000 Washington public employees, retirees and dependents, and the largest health care purchaser in the state - implemented a health-status-based risk-adjusted payment system.
January 7, 2013
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Program Result Report
Since 2001, More Than Wheels has helped nearly 1,500 low-income families in New England purchase reliable, fuel-efficient cars. The program also works to give people skills to improve their financial stability and their overall health and well-being.
May 6, 2013
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Program Result Report
The Covering Kids & Families program was designed to find, enroll and retain eligible children and adults in federal and state health care coverage programs. Statewide and local coalitions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated.
April 25, 2013
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Program Result Report
From 2009 to 2011, the Rural Policy Research Institute examined the impact of health reform proposals and the Affordable Care Act on rural people, places, and providers, and gave policy-makers unbiased, nonpartisan analysis.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result Report
Researchers at McKinsey & Co. explored the potential of social impact bonds as a pay-for-performance means to finance the expansion of proven social service programs. Their study focused on two areas: homelessness and prisoner recidivism.
March 25, 2013
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Program Result Report
Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
May 1, 2006
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Program Result Report
The Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs created a conceptual model for a public-private partnership for long-term care.
June 4, 2006
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Program Result Report
Tyjhe Hargrove, who was 5 years old when his mother joined Affinity Health Plan, has suffered from asthma since he was a baby. He has trouble breathing when the weather is especially cold or especially hot or the air is full of pollen.
December 1, 2002
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Program Result Report
In 1999, Milan Basta, M.D., Ph.D., Potomac, Md., reviewed Medicaid nursing home reimbursement policies and their impact on palliative care. Because nearly 70 percent of nursing home residents depend on Medicaid to pay for their care, its policies affect the care that dying patients in nursing homes receive.
January 1, 2001
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Program Result Report
To understand the effect of health maintenance organizations (HMOs) on both competition and consumers, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, examined data on more than 500 HMOs operating in the United States from 1986 through 1993, focusing on the 90 mergers for which data were available.
