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This research uses an indirect methodology to examine the effects of health insurance mergers and acquisitions by analyzing the impact of insurers' scale of operations and group affiliation status on benefits, costs, and efficiency from the perspective of various stakeholders. The analysis can...
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The recent final rule on Medicaid managed care establishes the minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) requirement for Medicaid managed care and contains several provisions to strengthen delivery and payment reforms and improve efficiency and quality of care. Accordingly, this research examines the...
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Within the context of Medicare’s enunciated triple aims of better health, better care, and lower costs, we examine the effectiveness of medical loss ratio (MLR) on health outcomes of Medicare Advantage insurers. We simultaneously examine the effect of an efficiency measure for the insurer...
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This chapter presents an overview of the US health insurance market, reviews health insurance research literature, and examines premiums, medical expenses, medical service utilization, and data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency measures of health insurers from different perspectives. Results...
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