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Modern Healthcare Cites findings from HCFO-funded study on Value-Based Insurance Design [1]

Publication Date: 
February 6, 2014

Modern Healthcare [2] cited findings from a HCFO-funded study [3]by Matthew Maciejewski, Ph.D., Duke University and Durham Veteran’s Administration.

Topic: 
Benefit Design [4]
Consumer Behavior [5]
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Insurance Coverage [7]
Prescription Drugs [8]

New York Times Quotes HCFO Grantees on Hospital Pricing [9]

Publication Date: 
December 3, 2013

HCFO grantees Glenn Melnick, University of Southern California, and James Robinson, University of California, Berkeley, were quoted in a New York Times article [10]on hospital prices. Melnick stated that hospital charges are set by the hospital without market constraints; the arbitrary nature of these charges contributes to increases in health care spending and inflation.

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Organization and Supply of Care [11]
Provider Payment and Behavior [12]

AARP Report Builds on HCFO-Funded Study on Rise in Observation Services [13]

Publication Date: 
November 25, 2013

HCFO grantee Lan Zhao, Ph.D., Social & Scientific Systems, Inc., expanded the scope of her HCFO-funded study on observation services (OS) in an AARP Public Policy Institute report [14]. Zhao and colleagues found that both the frequency and duration of hospital OS increased between 2001 and 2009.

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Long-Term Care [15]
Medicare [16]
Organization and Supply of Care [11]
Provider Payment and Behavior [12]

CDC Report Cites HCFO-Funded Study on Tobacco-Control Policies and Prenatal Smoking [17]

Publication Date: 
November 8, 2013

A HCFO-funded study [18]by Kathleen Adams, Ph.D., Emory University, was cited in a CDC report [19] on the trends in smoking before, during, and after pregnancy.

Topic: 
Consumer Behavior [5]
Legal and Regulatory Environment [20]
Medicaid and SCHIP [21]
Vulnerable Populations [22]

The Incidental Economist Reviews HCFO-Funded Work on Hospitals’ Responses to Medicare Cuts [23]

Publication Date: 
October 17, 2013

The Incidental Economist referenced [24]a HCFO-funded study in a review of the literature on hospital responses to Medicare cuts.

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Medicare [16]
Organization and Supply of Care [11]
Provider Payment and Behavior [12]

MedPage Today Cites HCFO-Funded Study on Variation in Private Insurers’ Physician Payment [25]

Publication Date: 
September 9, 2013

MedPage Today featured [26]findings from a study funded in-part by the HCFO program.

Topic: 
Benefit Design [4]
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Provider Payment and Behavior [12]

HCFO-Funded Study on Geographic Variation Cited by Altarum Institute [27]

Publication Date: 
September 5, 2013

A HCFO-funded study [28]by James Reschovsky, Ph.D., Center for Studying Health System Change, and colleagues was cited in an Altarum Health Policy Forum article [29].

Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Medicare [16]
Organization and Supply of Care [11]
Provider Payment and Behavior [12]

The Incidental Economist Features Systematic Review of VBID Studies [30]

Publication Date: 
August 15, 2013

The Incidental Economist and the AcademyHealth blog [31]featured findings from a systematic review of value-based insurance design (VBID) studies. In this review, researcher Matt Maciejewski [3], Durham VA Medical Center and Duke University, and his colleagues examined the impact of VBID policies on medication adherence and medical expenditures.

Topic: 
Benefit Design [4]
Costs and Cost Containment [6]
Insurance Coverage [7]

Associated Press Quotes HCFO Researcher on Opportunities and Limitations of Federal Fair Pricing Law [32]

Publication Date: 
June 24, 2013

The Associated Press [33]quoted HCFO researcher Glenn Melnick [34], Ph.D., University of Southern California, on the federal “fair pricing” provision, which aims to protect uninsured patients from being charged more than their insured counterparts for hospital services.

Topic: 
Legal and Regulatory Environment [20]
Organization and Supply of Care [11]
Vulnerable Populations [22]

Kaiser Health News Features HCFO Study Findings on California Fair Pricing Law and the Uninsured [35]

Publication Date: 
June 3, 2013

Kaiser Health News [36]featured findings from a HCFO-funded study [34] by Glenn Melnick, Ph.D., University of Southern California.

Topic: 
Legal and Regulatory Environment [20]
Organization and Supply of Care [11]
Vulnerable Populations [22]
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[1] http://www.hcfo.org/news/modern-healthcare-cites-findings-hcfo-funded-study-value-based-insurance-design
[2] http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140203/NEWS/302039974/reform-update-drug-adherence-may-improve-with-incentives-but
[3] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/patient-and-system-benefits-value-based-insurance-design
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/benefit-design
[5] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/consumer-behavior
[6] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment
[7] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/insurance-coverage
[8] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/prescription-drugs
[9] http://www.hcfo.org/news/new-york-times-quotes-hcfo-grantees-hospital-pricing
[10] http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/health/as-hospital-costs-soar-single-stitch-tops-500.html?_r=0
[11] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/organization-and-supply-care
[12] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/provider-payment-and-behavior
[13] http://www.hcfo.org/news/aarp-report-builds-hcfo-funded-study-rise-observation-services
[14] http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/health/2013/rapid-growth-in-medicare-hospital-observation-services-AARP-ppi-health.pdf
[15] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/long-term-care
[16] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/medicare
[17] http://www.hcfo.org/news/cdc-report-cites-hcfo-funded-study-tobacco-control-policies-and-prenatal-smoking
[18] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/reducing-prenatal-smoking-what-role-can-state-policies-play
[19] http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss6206a1.htm
[20] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/legal-and-regulatory-environment
[21] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/medicaid-and-schip
[22] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/vulnerable-populations
[23] http://www.hcfo.org/news/incidental-economist-reviews-hcfo-funded-work-hospitals%E2%80%99-responses-medicare-cuts
[24] http://blog.academyhealth.org/hospitals-responses-to-medicare-cuts/
[25] http://www.hcfo.org/news/medpage-today-cites-hcfo-funded-study-variation-private-insurers%E2%80%99-physician-payment
[26] http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/Reimbursement/41472
[27] http://www.hcfo.org/news/hcfo-funded-study-geographic-variation-cited-altarum-institute
[28] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/cost-and-efficiency-treating-high-cost-medicare-beneficiaries-role-physician-practice-and-hea
[29] http://altarum.org/health-policy-blog/geographic-variation-in-health-care-spending-what-direction-for-policy
[30] http://www.hcfo.org/news/incidental-economist-features-systematic-review-vbid-studies
[31] http://blog.academyhealth.org/a-systematic-review-of-value-based-insurance-design-studies/
[32] http://www.hcfo.org/news/associated-press-quotes-hcfo-researcher-opportunities-and-limitations-federal-fair-pricing-law
[33] http://news.yahoo.com/promise-price-cut-hospital-bills-limbo-121939649.html;_ylt=A2KJ2UjbFMhRBk4Aqz7QtDMD
[34] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/analyzing-impact-fair-pricing-regulations-and-government-subsidies-cost-hospital-services-uni
[35] http://www.hcfo.org/news/kaiser-health-news-features-hcfo-study-findings-california-fair-pricing-law-and-uninsured
[36] http://capsules.kaiserhealthnews.org/index.php/2013/06/california-law-likely-resulted-in-lower-bills-free-care-for-uninsured/
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