Health information technology (IT) adoption, it is argued, will dramatically improve patient care. We study the impact … sensitive conditions we find that health IT adoption reduces mortality for the most complex patients but does not affect … case mix. We decompose the impact of health IT into care coordination, clinical information management, and other …

In February 2009 the U.S. Congress unexpectedly passed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical … Health Act (HITECH). HITECH provides up to $27 billion to promote adoption and appropriate use of Electronic Medical Records …

Insurance product choice is a central feature of health insurance markets in the United States, yet there is ongoing … document large choice inconsistencies, with the typical employee foregoing savings of more than $600 in their insurance plan …

Evidence on insurers' behavior in environments with both risk selection and market power is largely missing. We fill … changes in selection. Our strategy exploits a 2012 reform allowing Medicare enrollees to switch to 5-star contracts at anytime …. This policy increased enrollment into 5-star contracts, but without risk selection worsening. Our findings show that this …