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Hospice utilization of Medicare beneficiaries in Hawai‘i compared to other states

open access: yes, 2017
The objective is to examine hospice utilization among Medicare beneficiaries in Hawai‘i compared to other states. Data were from the 2014 Medicare Hospice Utilization and Payment Public Use File, which included information on 4,025 hospice providers ...
Kataoka-Yahiro, Merle   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Mortality Differences Between Traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage: A Risk-Adjusted Assessment Using Claims Data. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Medicare Advantage (MA) has grown rapidly since the Affordable Care Act; nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries now choose MA. An assessment of the comparative value of the 2 options is confounded by an apparent selection bias favoring MA, as ...
Beveridge, Roy A.   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

Exploring the link between the risk of violent injury in adolescents and historic redlining practices

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked with various contemporary community‐level disparities.
Samuel J. West   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access in all areas? A round up of developments in market access and health technology assessment: part 2

open access: yesJournal of Comparative Effectiveness Research, 2023
In this latest update, we explore the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) enacted by the US Congress in August 2022, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently releasing the list of the first ten drugs it will negotiate prices on.
Alice Beattie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fork in the Road: Alternative Paths to a High Performance U.S. Health System [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Estimates the cost savings and coverage rates of three options for healthcare reform: an insurance exchange with no public plan, a public plan paying Medicare rates, and a public plan paying rates midway between Medicare and private plan ...
Cathy Schoen   +3 more
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Characterizing the Healthcare Utilization and Costs of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is the second‐most common inherited bleeding disorder worldwide, afflicting one in 4000–5000 people, and is the most morbid inherited bleeding disorder of women. HHT causes recurrent severe epistaxis, chronic gastrointestinal bleeding, heavy menstrual bleeding, and arteriovenous malformations in the ...
Hanny Al‐Samkari   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alternative payment approaches for advancing comprehensive medication management in primary care

open access: yesPharmacy Practice, 2020
The increasing prevalence of complex, chronic conditions has profound implications on the growing demand and cost of health care. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation is testing data-driven approaches to care delivery and payment that are ...
Katherine Pham
doaj   +1 more source

The Obama Administration's 2010 Call Letter for Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans: Implications for Beneficiaries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Outlines key provisions and changes in the Medicare Advantage or Medicare Prescription Drug plans in 2010. Discusses requirements to improve accountability, promote informed health plan choices, and increase beneficiary ...

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Generational Aspects of Medicare [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Economic Review, 2000
This paper examines the generational aspect of the current Medicare system and some stylized reforms. We find that the rates of return on Medicare for today's workers are higher than those for Social Security and that the Medicare system is shifting a greater share of the burden on future workers than is Social Security.
Louise Sheiner, David M. Cutler
openaire   +5 more sources

Analysis of Drivers of Disenrollment and Plan Switching Among Medicare Advantage Beneficiaries

open access: yesJAMA Internal Medicine, 2019
Importance How often enrollees with complex care needs leave the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and what might drive their decisions remain unknown.
David J. Meyers   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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