Project Title: Increasing Consumer Involvement in Medicaid Nursing Home Reimbursement
Principal Investigator: Edward Alan Miller, Ph.D., M.P.A.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $49,995
Project Title: Exploring Approaches to Developing a Valid Standard Measure of Rehospitalizations
Principal Investigator: Gerard F. Anderson, Ph.D.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Building Bridges: Making a Difference in Long-Term Care 2011 Policy Seminar
Principal Investigator: Deborah L. Rogal, M.P.P.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $22,567
Project Title: Association of Chiefs and Leaders of General Internal Medicine Annual Leaders Summit
Principal Investigator: Christopher Sciamanna, M.D., M.P.H.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $14,300
Project Title: Case Study of the Veterans Health Administration's Implementation of Medical Homes
Principal Investigator: Douglas McCarthy, M.B.A.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $18,960
Project Title: Preparing Medicaid for Increasing Primary Care Rates
Principal Investigator: Nikki Highsmith, M.P.A.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $49,560
Project Title: Assessing Trends in Patient Expectations and Understanding of Health Information Technologies
Principal Investigator: Christine Bechtel, M.A.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: The History, Typology, and Landscape of Extension Service 'Practice Coaching'
Principal Investigator: Kevin L. Grumbach, M.D.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $39,375
Project Title: Enhanced Modeling of Baseline Federal Reform and Impact on Vermont Economy
Principal Investigator: James A. Hester, Jr., Ph.D.
Date Awarded: October 5, 2010
Award Amount: $48,020
Project Title: Conference on Risk-Adjustment Under the Affordable Care Act
Principal Investigator: Sara R. Collins
Date Awarded: August 26, 2010
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: 2010 United Hospital Fund Gala
Principal Investigator: James R. Tallon, Jr.
Date Awarded: August 18, 2010
Award Amount: $15,000
Project Title: 'Talking Health' TV Series on CUNY TV
Principal Investigator: Robert Isaacson
Date Awarded: August 18, 2010
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Commonwealth Fund/Alliance for Health Reform International Briefing on Electronic Medical Records: Lessons from Abroad on Implementation and Meaningful Use
Principal Investigator: Robin Osborn
Date Awarded: August 18, 2010
Award Amount: $27,200
Project Title: State Policy Incentives to Promote Collaboration and Cooperation Among Hospitals and Other Community Providers
Principal Investigator: Anne Rossier Markus, J.D., Ph.D., M.H.S.
Date Awarded: July 21, 2010
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Understanding Geographic Variation in Health Care Costs for Privately Insured Patients and Medicare Beneficiaries
Principal Investigator: Michael Chernew, Ph.D.
Date Awarded: July 13, 2010
Award Amount: $290,270
Using claims data from Medicare and commercial claims data from large employers, this project will examine the factors related to variation in Medicare and private spending across hospital referral regions. Understanding more about these factors will enhance policymakers' ability to develop more effective policies to constrain health spending and align payment incentives across the health system.