Medicare

HSC research examines the effects of Medicare payment policy on providers and health plans. In particular, analyses focus on trends in plan participation in Medicare Advantage over time and how plan participation affects local markets. Other analyses examine the extent of physicians' acceptance of new Medicare patients over time and Medicare beneficiaries access to care relative to the privately insured.

Title	Date	Document Info
Medicare Fees and Physicians' Medicare Service Volume: Beneficiaries Treated and Services per BeneficiaryJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	June 2006	Journal Article International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
Physician Acceptance of New Medicare Patients Stabilizes in 2004-05Peter J. Cunningham, Andrea Staiti, Paul B. Ginsburg	January 2006	Tracking Report No. 12
Disparities Despite CoverageAnn S. O'Malley, Christopher B. Forrest, Shibao Feng, Jeanne Mandelblatt	Oct. 10, 2005	Journal Article Archives of Internal Medicine
Delivery of Preventive Services to Older Adults by Primary Care PhysiciansHoangmai H. Pham, Deborah Schrag, J. Lee Hargraves, Peter B. Bach	July 27, 2005	Journal Article Journal of the American Medical Association
Geography and Destiny: Local-Market Perspectives on Developing Medicare Advantage Regional PlansRobert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	July/August 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Access and Quality: Does Rural America Lag Behind?James D. Reschovsky, Andrea Staiti	July/August 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Most Medicare Outpatient Visits are to Physicians with Limited Clinical Information TechnologyJoy M. Grossman, Marie C. Reed	July 2005	Data Bulletin No. 30
Medicare Seniors Much Less Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower CostsHa T. Tu	June 2005	Issue Brief No. 96
An Update on Medicare Beneficiary Access to Physician ServicesSally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2005	Issue Brief No. 93
Preferred Provider Organizations and Medicare: Is There an Advantage?Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	April 2004	Issue Brief No. 81
Physicians' Views Of Formularies: Implications For Medicare Drug Benefit DesignBruce Landon, James D. Reschovsky, David Blumenthal	January/February 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Can Hospitals and Physicians Shift the Effects of Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement to Private Payers?Paul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 8, 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs
Unequal Access: African-American Medicare Beneficiaries and the Prescription Drug GapMarie C. Reed, J. Lee Hargraves, Alwyn Cassil	July 2003	Issue Brief No. 64
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
Growing Physician Access Problems Complicate Medicare Payment DebateSally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	September 2002	Issue Brief No. 55
Reversal of Fortune: Medicare+Choice Collides with Market ForcesJoy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2002	Issue Brief No. 52
Prescription Drug Access: Not Just a Medicare ProblemPeter J. Cunningham	April 2002	Issue Brief No. 51
Affording Prescription Drugs: Not Just a Problem for the ElderlyPeter J. Cunningham	April 2002	Research Report No. 5
Opening Statement Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means	Feb. 28, 2002	Testimony
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 1999	Issue Brief No. 21