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November 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
The National Committee for Quality Assurance worked to identify potential quality measures that could be incorporated into HEDIS and used to improve the prevention, assessment and management of childhood and adolescent obesity.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Minnesota investigated the usefulness of developing physician report cards to complement consumer report cards and other measures of the quality of managed care plans.
October 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Partnership for Prevention, a nonprofit association focused on promoting health and preventing disease, held an executive roundtable discussion, "Engaging Health Plans in Promoting Physical Activity," on January 24, 2002, in Washington, D.C.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
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.
February 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
FAACT developed a set of performance measures that can be used to hold health plans and providers accountable for the identification and treatment of alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse, and at-risk alcohol use.
June 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
To lessen the damage done by churning, it will be important for states to provide consumers with intensive assistance to help them navigate through the involuntary coverage transitions.
February 20, 2004 | Program Result Report
From 1996 to 2000, the Union of Needletrades Industrial and Textile Employees created a union-based health program to provide more timely access to medical treatment for garment and textile workers in New York.
November 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
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 Report
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 Report
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.