American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation

Project Title: Impact of Practice Infrastructure Supports on Patient Experience of Care
Principal Investigator: Bradley Gray, Ph.D., M.S.
Date Awarded: May 1, 2009
Award Amount: $24,846

Friends of the National Library of Medicine

Project Title: Personal Electronic Health Records to Transform Health Care: A National Conference
Principal Investigator: E. Andrew Balas, M.D., Ph.D.
Date Awarded: May 1, 2009
Award Amount: $10,000

The Brookings Institution

Project Title: Medicare and Accountability-Based Payment Reform: Learning From Development and Implementation of the Medicare Health Care Quality Demonstration
Principal Investigator: Aaron McKethan, Ph.D.
Date Awarded: May 1, 2009
Award Amount: $50,000

AARP Foundation

Project Title: Feasibility of a State Long-Term Care Scorecard
Principal Investigator: Susan Reinhard, Ph.D., R.N.
Date Awarded: May 1, 2009
Award Amount: $17,500

Council of Accountable Physician Practices

Project Title: Roundtable on Payment Reform
Principal Investigator: Nancy Taylor, M.B.A.
Date Awarded: April 15, 2009
Award Amount: $25,357

Center for Health Policy Development, National Academy for State Health Policy

Project Title: Authorization to Support the Initiative for Up to Five States: ABCD III
Principal Investigator: Neva Kaye
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $300,000

Group Health Cooperative

Project Title: Achieving Best Practices for Patient Referral
Principal Investigator: Edward Wagner, M.D., M.P.H.
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $350,688

Tufts Medical Center

Project Title: Using Cost-Effectiveness Research to Improve Value in the Medicare Program
Principal Investigator: Peter Neumann, Sc.D.
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $244,902

The Commonwealth Fund

Project Title: Modeling the Impact of Changes to Medicare Payment Policy and Broader Payment Reforms
Principal Investigator: Stuart Guterman
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $400,000

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems on the Quality, Safety, and Cost of Care in Massachusetts Community Hospitals
Principal Investigator: David W. Bates, M.D., M.Sc.
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $371,856

Project HOPE/The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Project Title: Web Publishing Alliance with Health Affairs
Principal Investigator: Susan Dentzer
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $454,000

Center for Health Policy Development, National Academy for State Health Policy

Project Title: State Consortium to Advance Medical Homes for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program Beneficiaries
Principal Investigator: Neva Kaye
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $362,679

Health Management Associates, Inc.

Project Title: Case Studies of Innovation and High Performance for WhyNotTheBest.org
Principal Investigator: Sharon Silow-Carroll, M.S.W., M.B.A.
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $460,940

Massachusetts Senior Care Foundation

Project Title: New Goals, New Partnerships: Next Steps for a National Effort to Advance Excellence in Nursing Homes
Principal Investigator: Alice Bonner, Ph.D., R.N.
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $200,053

The Commonwealth Fund

Project Title: Harkness Fellowships Alumni Health Care Policy Forum, 2010
Principal Investigator: Robin Osborn
Date Awarded: April 14, 2009
Award Amount: $125,000