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Mathematica evaluated five health care reform proposals for the state of Washington in 2008. The proposals featured …, respectively: reduced regulation in the current market; Massachusetts-style insurance reforms with a health insurance connector; a … health partnership program similar to the current state employee health plan; a state-operated single payer plan; and a …
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This report provides state-level data on annual and quarterly enrollment in SCHIP and Medicaid, from fiscal years 1998 through 2001. It augments the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services annual reports on SCHIP enrollment trends by (1) using information on program characteristics to analyze...
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Although health information technology (IT) is at the center of efforts to improve the nation’s health care system by …
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Medicare Advantage (MA), a voluntary program that provides beneficiaries with an alternative way to access traditional Medicare benefits, replaced the Medicare+Choice program in 2004 and became fully operational in 2006. This issue brief reviews recent trends in the program and includes...
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This paper examines how the HITECH Act could be harnessed to help practices implement technology and support key principles of the PCMH.
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Examines the relationship between rising Medicare risk and Medicare+Choice enrollment and the claims experience reported by Medigap insurers between 1996 and 1999. Concludes that adverse selection into Medicare HMOs has probably reduced average medical claims in standard Medigap plans, with a...
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