Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc.
Project Title: Using Electronic Health Records to Measure Overuse of Low-Value Health Services
Principal Investigator: Thomas Sequist, M.D., M.P.H.
Date Awarded: April 9, 2013
Award Amount: $398,255
Focusing on a large Massachusetts health system (Atrius Health) that has implemented an EHR system throughout all its practices, a research team will draw upon medical claims data and information obtained from patients’ EHRs to measure the potential overuse of five common tests or procedures that are of modest or uncertain value.
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Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
Project Title: Helping States Implement New Systems of Integration for Care of Dual Eligibles, Phase 2
Principal Investigator: Stephen Somers, Ph.D., and Alice Lind, M.P.H.
Date Awarded: April 9, 2013
Award Amount: $249,977
To improve quality of care and control costs for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, the Medicare–Medicaid Coordination Office provides opportunities for states to test new ways of delivering and financing care.
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Urban Institute
Project Title: Interaction of Medical Homes and Accountable Care Organizations
Principal Investigator: Robert Berenson, M.D.
Date Awarded: April 9, 2013
Award Amount: $148,621
A team from the Urban Institute will conduct a total of 36 interviews with ACO medical directors and primary care clinicians, as well as clinicians working outside of ACOs, to explore the interaction of medical homes and ACOs, with the goal of identifying practical, operational approaches to ensure they are better aligned.
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GfK Custom Research, LLC
Project Title: Tracking Health Insurance Reform: 2013–15
Principal Investigator: Jordon Peugh, M.A.
Date Awarded: April 9, 2013
Award Amount: $490,200
Building on their previous work for The Commonwealth Fund, the researchers will annually survey, over the period 2013 to 2015, three population groups whom the law’s reforms were designed to benefit―low-income adults, young adults, and older adults.
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Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Project Title: Analysis and Technical Assistance in Support of Health Reform
Principal Investigator: Sherry Glied, Ph.D.
Date Awarded: April 9, 2013
Award Amount: $198,684
Over the next year, Columbia University’s Sherry Glied and colleagues will examine federal data sets to gauge the potential effects of the reform law in areas of keen interest to policymakers.
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The Commonwealth Fund
Project Title: Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice, 2014–15
Principal Investigator: Robin Osborn
Date Awarded: April 9, 2013
Award Amount: $1,662,793
Support for a 17th class of Harkness Fellows in Health Care Policy and Practice will allow The Commonwealth Fund to continue developing promising policy researchers and practitioners from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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