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This report estimates the effects of reimbursement strategies and provider-level interventions to reduce hospital readmissions. Several quality-improvement interventions have proved effective in reducing readmission rates, but relatively few hospitals have adopted these programs, in large part...
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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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Describes the Medigap market in 1999, both nationally and by state, and compares the national profile in 1999 with that in 1997 to show how the market is changing. Notes that one third of all Medigap policies were pre-standard in 1999, and standard forms F, C, and B accounted for 48 percent of...
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Summarizes ACA incentives for small insurers to self-insure and what is known about the stop-loss market.
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This policy brief describes how expanded health insurance options and new employer responsibilities established by the …
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In Washington State, association health plans operate under different regulations from the traditional insurance market …
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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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