Health Plans

HSC research focuses on the role health plans play in local health care markets, including care management activities, competitive strategies and relations with providers.

Title	Date	Document Info
Health Care Cost and Access Problems IntensifyCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2003	Issue Brief No. 63
Ginsburg Responds to Questions on Managed Care ProvidersPaul B. Ginsburg	April 10, 2003	Testimony
Rising Costs Pressure Employers, Consumers in Northern New Jersey Health Care MarketDebra A. Draper, John F. Hoadley, Jessica Mittler, Sylvia Kuo, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Peter J. Cunningham, Len M. Nichols	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 4
Economic Downturn and State Budget Woes Overshadow Seattle Health Care MarketGlen P. Mays, Sally Trude, Lawrence P. Casalino, Laurie E. Felland, Gary Claxton, Hoangmai H. Pham, Lydia E. Regopoulos, Aaron Katz, Kyle Kinner	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 3
Increasing Stress on the U.S. Health Care System: Structural Crisis or Temporary?Len M. Nichols	March 10, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Intense Competition and Rising Costs Dominate Cleveland's Health Care MarketSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Jon B. Christianson, Linda R. Brewster, Ashley C. Short, Richard Sorian, Robert E. Hurley, Lawrence D. Brown, Gigi Y. Liu	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 2
Managing Costs, Managing Benefits: Employer Decisions in Local Health Care MarketsJon B. Christianson, Sally Trude	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
The End of an Era: What Became of the "Managed Care Revolution" in 2001?Cara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Kelly Devers	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
An Empty Toolbox? Changes in Health Plans' Approaches for Managing Costs and CareGlen P. Mays, Robert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Medicare Contracting Risk/Medicare Risk Contracting: A Life-Cycle View from Twelve MarketsRobert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Hospitals' Negotiating Leverage with Health Plans: How and Why it Changed?Kelly Devers, Lawrence P. Casalino, Liza Rudell, Jeffrey Stoddard, Linda R. Brewster, Timothy K. Lake	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Competition Revs Up the Indianapolis Health Care MarketAaron Katz, Robert E. Hurley, Kelly Devers, Leslie Jackson Conwell, Bradley C. Strunk, Andrea Staiti, J. Lee Hargraves, Robert A. Berenson	Winter 2003	Community Report No. 1
Health Plan Responses to Managed Care RegulationJohn F. Hoadley, Jack Hadley	Feb. 12, 2003	Journal Article Managed Care Quarterly
Kinder and Gentler: Physicians and Managed Care, 1997-2001Bradley C. Strunk, James D. Reschovsky	November 2002	Tracking Report No. 5
Individual Health Insurance: Fact, Opinion and Policy	October 23, 2002	Conference Transcript
The Role of Health Insurance BrokersLeslie Jackson Conwell	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 57
Cutting Back But Not Cutting OutAshley C. Short, Cara S. Lesser	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 56
Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care QualityJ. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder ProgressKelly Devers	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Back to the Drawing Board: New Directions in Health Plans' Care Management StrategiesSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Glen P. Mays	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs