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Kaiser Health News Features HCFO-Researcher's Findings on Disease Burden and Medicare Spending [1]

Publication Date: 
May 30, 2013

Kaiser Health News [2] presented findings from a HCFO-funded study [3]on high-cost Medicare beneficiaries.

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [4]
Medicare [5]
Organization and Supply of Care [6]
Provider Payment and Behavior [7]

Washington Post Wonkblog Quotes HCFO Grantee on Disease Management in Medicare [8]

Publication Date: 
April 28, 2013

The Washington Post Wonkblog [9]quoted Randall Brown, Ph.D., Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., regarding his HCFO-funded study [10] on disease management and care coordination in the Medicare program. Brown noted that the strength of the research design, a randomized-controlled trial, bolstered the validity of their findings.

Topic: 
Chronic Care [11]
Coordination of Care [12]
Costs and Cost Containment [4]
Medicare [5]

HCFO Finding on Hospice Cost-Savings Highlighted on Texas Billboard [13]

Publication Date: 
April 10, 2013

In his HCFO study [14], Don Taylor, Ph.D., Duke University, and colleagues found that that hospice care saves Medicare $2,000 per patient, on average.  This finding was prominently featured on a billboard [15]in Texas, intended to share with the public the value of hospice care.

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [4]
End-of-Life Care [16]
Medicare [5]

Kaiser Health News Article Cites HCFO Findings on Retail Clinics [17]

Publication Date: 
April 4, 2013

A HCFO-funded study [18]by Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., RAND Corporation, was cited in the Kaiser Health News article [19]“Walgreens Becomes 1st Retail Chain to Diagnose, Treat Chronic Conditions.” The article describes efforts by some retail clinics to expand their service offerings to include more primary care.

Topic: 
Access [20]
Acute Care [21]
Costs and Cost Containment [4]
Organization and Supply of Care [6]

HCFO Grantee Report Cited by News Sources [22]

Publication Date: 
October 17, 2012

In October 2012, two news sources, Health Reform GPS [23] and JHPPL News and Notes [24], cited a report by HCFO grantee Mark Hall, J.D., Wake Forest University.

Topic: 
Insurance Coverage [25]
Legal and Regulatory Environment [26]

Current and Former HCFO Grantees Nominated to National Academy of Social Insurance [27]

Publication Date: 
January 28, 2013

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) added 72 newly elected members, including current and former HCFO grantees: Michael Chernew [28], Harvard Medical School; Richard Frank [29], Harvard University; and Chapin Whi

Topic: 
Insurance Coverage [30]

HCFO Researcher Quoted on Medicare Hospital Readmissions Penalty [31]

Publication Date: 
November 26, 2012

In an article [32]on the recently implemented CMS Readmissions Reduction Program [33], Kaiser Health News quoted HCFO researcher Dr. Ashish Jha, Harvard University, on his impression of the Medicare penalties for hospitals with excess readmissions.

Topic: 
Acute Care [21]
Benefit Design [34]
Disparities [35]
Organization and Supply of Care [6]
Quality of Care [36]
Vulnerable Populations [37]

American Medical News Quotes HCFO-Researcher on Retail Health Clinic Study Findings [38]

Publication Date: 
November 26, 2012

HCFO-funded researcher Ateev Mehrotra, M.D., RAND Corporation, was quoted [39]in the American Medical News on findings from his study [40] on retail health clinics. Mehrotra stated that retail clinics may disrupt the patient- physician relationship, as patients who visit a retail clinic are more likely to return to the retail clinic than to return to their primary care doctor for any issue.

Topic: 
Access [20]
Acute Care [21]
Costs and Cost Containment [4]
Organization and Supply of Care [6]

NEJM Article on Reducing Administrative Costs Cites HCFO Researcher’s Work [41]

Publication Date: 
November 15, 2012

In their New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) article [42]on the possibilities and challenges of reducing administrative costs in the health care system, David Cutler, Ph.D., and colleagues reference work [43]from HCFO researcher Lawrence Casalino, M.D., Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical Center. The NEJM article references Casalino’s finding, that the average U.S.

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [4]
Insurance Coverage [25]
Provider Payment and Behavior [7]

HCFO Researcher’s Work Featured in Healthcare Payer News Digest [44]

Publication Date: 
November 13, 2012

HCFO researcher Mark Hall, J.D., Wake Forest University, recently released a report [45]on his study examining employers’ use of a health insurance exchange in Massachusetts.

Topic: 
Insurance Coverage [25]
Legal and Regulatory Environment [26]
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[1] http://www.hcfo.org/news/kaiser-health-news-features-hcfo-researchers-findings-disease-burden-and-medicare-spending
[2] http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/May/28/medicare-state-geographic-variation-costs.aspx
[3] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/cost-and-efficiency-treating-high-cost-medicare-beneficiaries-role-physician-practice-and-hea
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment
[5] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/medicare
[6] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/organization-and-supply-care
[7] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/provider-payment-and-behavior
[8] http://www.hcfo.org/news/washington-post-wonkblog-quotes-hcfo-grantee-disease-management-medicare
[9] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/28/if-this-was-a-pill-youd-do-anything-to-get-it/
[10] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/can-disease-management-control-costs
[11] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/chronic-care
[12] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/coordination-care
[13] http://www.hcfo.org/news/hcfo-finding-hospice-cost-savings-highlighted-texas-billboard
[14] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/does-hospice-save-medicare-money
[15] http://www.texashospice.com/harvard-study-finds-hospice-care-provides-medicare-savings.htm
[16] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/end-life-care
[17] http://www.hcfo.org/news/kaiser-health-news-article-cites-hcfo-findings-retail-clinics
[18] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/impact-retail-clinics-overall-utilization-care
[19] http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/April/04/walgreens-primary-care-services.aspx
[20] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/access
[21] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/acute-care
[22] http://www.hcfo.org/news/hcfo-grantee-report-cited-news-sources
[23] http://www.healthreformgps.org/resources/rwjf-releases-report-on-employer-sponsored-coverage-in-massachusetts/
[24] http://jhpplnewsandnotes.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/employers-use-of-health-insurance-exchanges-lessons-from-massachusetts/
[25] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/insurance-coverage
[26] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/legal-and-regulatory-environment
[27] http://www.hcfo.org/news/current-and-former-hcfo-grantees-nominated-national-academy-social-insurance
[28] http://www.hcfo.org/funding/grants?filter0=&filter1=**ALL**&filter2=257
[29] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/impact-pharmaceutical-formularies-prescription-drug-and-health-care-costs-and-utilization
[30] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/how-do-changes-medicares-hospital-payment-rates-affect-volume-admissions
[31] http://www.hcfo.org/news/hcfo-researcher-quoted-medicare-hospital-readmissions-penalty
[32] http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2012/November/27/medicare-spending-hospital-readmissions.aspx
[33] http://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Medicare-Fee-for-Service-Payment/AcuteInpatientPPS/Readmissions-Reduction-Program.html
[34] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/benefit-design
[35] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/disparities
[36] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/quality-care
[37] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/vulnerable-populations
[38] http://www.hcfo.org/news/american-medical-news-quotes-hcfo-researcher-retail-health-clinic-study-findings
[39] http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2012/11/26/bisa1126.htm
[40] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/retail-clinic-visits-and-receipt-primary-care
[41] http://www.hcfo.org/news/nejm-article-reducing-administrative-costs-cites-hcfo-researcher%E2%80%99s-work
[42] http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1209711?query=TOC
[43] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/costs-and-benefits-physician-practices-interactions-health-plans
[44] http://www.hcfo.org/news/hcfo-researcher%E2%80%99s-work-featured-healthcare-payer-news-digest
[45] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/employers%E2%80%99-use-health-insurance-exchanges-lessons-massachusetts
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