This paper describes the work NORC did to supplement the Federal Employee Health Benefits data (FEHBP) used to develop drug risk adjustment factors for over 65 individuals with a full drug supplement to Medicare. This data needed to be supplemented because the FEHBP data did not adequately represent, low-income, disabled, or non east Coast populations.
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Advanced SearchThe Effect of Cash and Counseling on Medicaid and Medicare Costs: Findings for Adults in Three States
Recent research suggests that Florida's Cash and Counseling model-Consumer Directed Care (CDC)-increased the well-being of children with disabilities and their parents in Florida and that the Cash and Counseling programs in Arkansas, Florida, and New Jersey similarly increased the well-being of adults.
Medicare+Choice: Payment and Service Areas. Final Report
By: Katie Merrell Senior Analyst Center for Health Administration Studies University of Chicago Submitted to:Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and EvaluationU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
ASPE Issue Brief
Social Security and Medicare from a Trust Fund and Budget Perspective
According to the annual reports of the Social Security and Medicare trustees, the financial outlook for the two programs is not favorable. Under the central forecasts reported for the past 16 years under both Republican and Democratic Administrations, both programs face significant long-range
Evaluation of Parity in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: Final Report
The evaluation of the 2001 OPM policy of parity for mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) health care insurance benefits in the FEHB Program was conducted primarily to assess the impact of this policy on utilization and cost. Would increases be within reasonable limits or would the increase to utilization and cost render MH/SA parity unaffordable?
Options for Defining Medicare Advantage Regions: An Assessment of Trade-offs
The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was charged with setting regional market areas for the implementation of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA).
Changes in Medicare Home Health Agency Supply: 1996-1999
This paper expands upon previous research addressing the question of how supply of Medicare Home Health Agencies (HHAs) changed after implementation of the interim payment system (IPS) in two important ways.
Agency Closings and Changes in Medicare Home Health Use: 1996-1999
Implementation of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act's home health provisions dramatically reduced Medicare home health utilization and led to closures of many agencies. This paper examined the potential effects of the agency closings on beneficiary utilization rates. Findings suggest that agency closings, per se, had only a very small impact on changes in utilization rates between 1996 and 1999.