HSC Publications

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Title	Date	Document Info
Geographic Variations in the Cost of Treating Condition-Specific Episodes of Care among Medicare Patients	July 5, 2013	Journal Article
High Prices, Low Transparency: The Bitter Pill of Health Care Costs	June 18, 2013	Senate Testimony
Ginsburg Testifies at Senate Finance Panel on Health Care Price Transparency	June 18, 2013	Media Advisory
Competitive Denver Insurance Market Awaits National Health Reform	June 13, 2013	Media Advisory
Ready or Not: Are Health Care Safety Net Systems Prepared for Reform?	June 2013	CHCF Regional Market Issue Brief
Denver: Competitive Insurance Market Awaits National Health Reform	June 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Overcoming Obstacles to Specialty Care for Medicaid Patients	June 7, 2013	Media Advisory
Improving Access to Specialty Care for Medicaid Patients: Policy Issues and Options	June 2013	Commonwealth Fund Report
Geographic Variation in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries’ Medical Costs Is Largely Explained by Disease Burden	May 28, 2013	Journal Article
Geographic Variation in Fee-for-Service Medicare Beneficiaries’ Medical Costs is Largely Explained by Disease Burden	May 28, 2013	Supplementary Appendix
Health Differences Explain Most Geographic Variation in Medicare Costs	May 28, 2013	Media Advisory
Baltimore Health Insurance Market Primed for National Health Reform	May 23, 2013	Media Advisory
Baltimore: Health Insurance Market Primed for National Health Reform	May 2013	RWJF Reform Community Report
Market and Regulatory Responses to Provider Market Power	May 15, 2013	Presentation
Scaling Up Payment Reform Pilots Key to Health Care Cost Containment	May 6, 2013	Media Advisory
Contrary to Cost-Shift Theory, Lower Medicare Hospital Payment Rates for Inpatient Care Lead to Lower Private Payment Rates	May 2013	Journal Article
Achieving Health Care Cost Containment Through Provider Payment Reform that Engages Patients and Providers	May 2013	Journal Article
Contrary to Conventional Cost-Shifting Wisdom, Lower Medicare Hospital Payment Rates Lead to Lower Rates for Private Payers	May 6, 2013	News Release
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the Noise	April 25, 2013	Media Advisory
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the Noise	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
Medicare Spending Limits: Issues and Implications	March 26, 2013	Kaiser Family Foundation Report
Primary Care Workforce Shortages: Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice Laws and Payment Policies	Feb. 28, 2013	News Release
Primary Care Workforce Shortages: Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice Laws and Payment Policies	February 2013	NIHCR Research Brief No. 13
Few Americans Switch Employer Health Plans for Better Quality, Lower Costs	Jan. 31, 2013	News Release
Few Americans Switch Employer Health Plans for Better Quality, Lower Costs	January 2013	NIHCR Research Brief No. 12
Emerging California Health Care Market Trends	Jan. 23, 2013	Media Advisory
Los Angeles: Fragmented Health Care Market Shows Signs of Coalescing	January 2013	CHCF Regional Market Issue Brief
San Diego: Health Care Providers Expand Capacity as Competition Increases for Well-Insured Patients	January 2013	CHCF Regional Markets Issue Brief
Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	Dec. 19, 2012	Podcast
HSC's 17th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference	Dec. 19, 2012	Conference Transcript
Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Health Reform: Doing the Math	Dec. 19, 2012	News Release
Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Health Reform: Doing the Math	December 2012	NIHCR Research Brief No. 11
Easier Access to After-Hours Care Linked to Less Emergency Department Use	Dec. 12, 2012	News Release
After-Hours Access to Primary Care Practices Linked with Lower Emergency Department Use and Less Unmet Medical Need	Dec. 12, 2012	Journal Article
Regional Health Care Market Studies Identify Emerging California Trends	Dec. 10, 2012	Media Advisory
San Francisco Bay Area: Health Care Providers Shift Allegiances as Regional Networks Emerge	December 2012	CHCF Regional Markets Issue Brief
Fresno: Health Providers Expand Capacity, but Health Reform Preparation Lags	December 2012	CHCF Regional Markets Issue Brief
Local Public Hospitals: Changing with the Times	November 2012	HSC Research Brief No. 25
Local Public Hospitals: Changing with the Times	Nov. 29, 2012	News Release
Care Coordination Agreements: Barriers, Facilitators and Lessons Learned	November 2012	Journal Article