February 1, 2012
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Journal Article
Even for a large insurer with a significant market share, the reliable measurement of performance is challenging due to data limitations, according to this study. This suggests mechanisms must be developed for multiple stakeholders to collaborate an ...
September 1, 2011
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Report
This article explores the indirect, or spillover, health care effects of a high uninsurance rates. Working-age adults with private insurance living in areas with a high rate of uninsurance were less likely than their peers in areas with a low uninsurance rate to have a usual source of care, an office-based visit, and any medical care expenditures.
May 14, 2009
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Journal Article
Physicians have long expressed dissatisfaction with the time they and their staff spend interacting with health plans. Participants in this national study spent an average of $68,274 per physician per year interacting with health plans.
September 19, 2011
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Program Result
In 2009 and 2010, researchers at UCLA and RAND measured the impact of high local rates of uninsurance on access to care and the quality of care among adults with health insurance.
May 14, 2009
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News Release
Physicians spend the equivalent of nearly three work weeks on health plan interactions.
July 31, 2008
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Program Result
Starting in February 1995, investigators at the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, conducted the Physician Compensation Research Project.
April 1, 1997
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Program Result
The University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine examined how the structure and intensity of utilization management in physician groups with capitated contracts affect primary care physician and patient satisfaction.