Small-Group Session — March 5, 2010
Medicare Fee Schedule: What’s the RUC Got to Do With It?
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — February 26, 2010
Assessing and Ensuring Health Plan Provider Network Adequacy
Manager: Kathryn Linehan

Forum Session — January 14, 2010
Health Information Exchange: Building the Infrastructure for Better Care
Managers: Rob Cunningham, Consultant & Lisa Sprague

Forum Session — November 13, 2009
Health Care Provider Consolidation and Reform
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — October 30, 2009
Prevention and Early Detection of Health Care Fraud, Abuse, and Waste
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — October 14, 2009
Discharge Planning and Medical Social Services in Fee-for-Service Medicare
Author: Kathryn Linehan

Background Paper  No. 70 — August 31, 2009
Coverage and Payment for Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Part B: A Complex Patchwork
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 833 — July 31, 2009
The Medicare Drug Benefit: Update on the Low-Income Subsidy
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — July 29, 2009
Paying the Bills: Medicare Administrative Contractors
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — May 29, 2009
High Rehospitalization Rates: Causes, Costs, and Accountability
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — May 1, 2009
Great Expectations: Managing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Site Visit — April 17 & August 7, 2009
Coordinating Care for People with Multiple Chronic Conditions: The Guided Care Model and Other Innovative Approaches
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — April 3, 2009
Promising Models of Care Coordination for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Getting Closer to the Holy Grail?
Manager: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — March 27, 2009
Coordinating Care for Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions: Searching for the Holy Grail
Manager: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

The Basics — February 12, 2009
Relative Value Units (RVUs)
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Fundamentals Briefing — February 6, 2009
Medicaid, Employers, and Medigap: Wrapping Around Medicare
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Fundamentals Briefing — January 30, 2009
The World of Prescription Drugs: Approvals, Pricing, and Purchasing
Managers: Laura A. Dummit & Mary Ellen Stahlman

Tools — January 15, 2009
Medicare and Medicaid Briefings: Common Health Care Terms

The Basics — January 15, 2009
Medicare
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — January 15, 2009
The Medicare Drug Benefit (Part D)
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Fundamentals Briefing — January 15–16, 2009
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Managers: Christie Provost Peters, Jennifer Ryan & Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — December 11, 2008
Medicare and Medicaid Demonstrations: Experimenting for the Future
Managers: Mary Ellen Stahlman & Jennifer Ryan

The Basics — November 28, 2008
Long-Term Care: Consumers, Services, and Financing
Author: Carol V. O'Shaughnessy

Forum Session — November 13, 2008
Medical Imaging Services: Utilization, Spending, and Appropriateness
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief  No. 827 — November 3, 2008
Primary Care Physician Supply, Physician Compensation, and Medicare Fees: What Is the Connection?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — October 30, 2008
Exploring Comparative Effectiveness: Fundamentals and Controversies of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Manager: Michele J. Orza, ScD

Forum Session — August 1, 2008
Medicare's Hospice Benefit: In the Spotlight
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — July 30, 2008
Medicare Demonstrations
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Background Paper  No. 63 — July 22, 2008
The Fundamentals of Medicare Demonstrations
Author: Amanda Cassidy, Consultant

Small-Group Session — May 2, 2008
Physician Income and Medical Practice Differences Across Specialties: Should Medicare Care?
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — April 11, 2008
Employer Use of Medicare Private Fee-for-Service Plans as a Retiree Health Benefit
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — January 17, 2008
Running Up the Health Care Tab: Will We Have Buyer's Remorse?
Managers: Mary Ellen Stahlman & Christie Provost Peters

Forum Session — December 14, 2007
The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act: The Stark Law and the Practice of Medicine
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — November 30, 2007
Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans Reauthorization: What Should Congress Consider?
Manager: Christie Provost Peters

Forum Session — October 19, 2007
Medicare Drug Utilization Management: Balancing Cost, Convenience, and Access
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Background Paper  — September 24, 2007
Medicare Advantage Payment Policy
Author: Mark Merlis, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 825 — September 10, 2007
Physician Profiling: Can Medicare Paint an Accurate Picture?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Background Paper  — August 21, 2007
Medicare's Use of Risk Adjustment
Author: Gerald F. Kominski, PhD, Consultant

Forum Session — July 13, 2007
What Can Physician Profiling Do for Medicare?
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — June 22, 2007
Medicare Advantage in 2007: What Are the Choices?
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — June 1, 2007
Getting the Fees "Right" and Medicare Physician Spending
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Background Paper  — May 9, 2007
The Prescription Drug Safety Net: Access to Pharmaceuticals for the Uninsured
Author: Jack Hoadley, PhD, Consultant

Fundamentals Briefing — February 22–23, 2007
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Managers: Christie Provost Peters & Mary Ellen Stahlman

The Basics — February 14, 2007
Medicare's Mental Health Benefits
Author: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD

Meeting Report — December 6, 2006
A Report from the Forum Session "Complexity, Coordination and Compromise: States and the Medicare Drug Benefit" (August 4, 2006)
Author: Lee Partridge, Consultant

Background Paper  — November 27, 2006
Medicare and Mental Health: The Fundamentals
Authors: Christopher W. Loftis, PhD & Eileen Salinsky

Forum Session — November 17, 2006
The Medicare PDP Market: Build It and the Plans Will Come
Manager: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Issue Brief  No. 818 — November 10, 2006
Updating Medicare's Physician Fees: The Sustainable Growth Rate Methodology
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief  No. 817 — November 8, 2006
The Nuts and Bolts of PDPs
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — October 13, 2006
Medicare Physician Spending: Past as Prologue?
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Issue Brief  No. 815 — October 9, 2006
Medicare Physician Payments and Spending
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — August 4, 2006
Complexity, Coordination and Compromise: States and the Medicare Drug Benefit
Managers: Judith D. Moore & Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief  No. 813 — August 2, 2006
A Closer Look at the Medicare Part D Low–Income Benchmark Premium: How Low Can It Go?
Author: Mary Ellen Stahlman

Forum Session — March 31, 2006
Medicare Provider Payments: Proposals from MedPAC and the Administration
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — March 17, 2006
Physician Spending Growth: Do We Get What We Pay For?
Manager: Laura A. Dummit

Background Paper  — February 8, 2006
Health Benefits in Retirement: Set for Extinction?
Author: Mark Merlis, Consultant

Forum Session — November 18, 2005
Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care?
Manager: Christie Provost Peters

Issue Brief  No. 808 — November 11, 2005
Medicare Advantage SNPs: A New Opportunity for Integrated Care?
Author: Christie Provost Peters, Consultant

Forum Session — October 21, 2005
Medicare Health Support: Working with Physicians?
Manager: Lisa Sprague

Meeting Report — September 22, 2005
A Report from the Forum Session “Implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Continuing Challenges for States”
Author: Lee Partridge, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 804 — July 13, 2005
Specialty Hospitals: Can General Hospitals Compete?
Author: Laura A. Dummit

Forum Session — July 12, 2005
Implementing the New Medicare Drug Benefit: Continuing Challenges For States
Manager: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — June 10, 2005
How Will They Know? Where Will They Go? Education and Outreach for the Medicare Drug Benefit
Manager: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — April 28, 2005
Understanding Medicare Advantage Bidding and Payment: Effects on Plan Choice and Beneficiary Premiums
Manager: Nora Super

Site Visit — March 29–31, 2005
Exploring California's Rural Health System: From the Redwood Forests to the Baja Border
Authors: Eileen Salinsky & Jessamy Taylor

Fundamentals Briefing — January 13–14, 2005
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Managers: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — December 1, 2004
Implementing the Formulary Requirements Under the New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Manager: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Forum Session — September 17, 2004
From 10 to 50: Options for Medicare Advantage Plan Regions
Manager: Nora Super

Meeting Report — August 31, 2004
A Report from the Forum Session “Implementing the New Medicare Drug Benefit: Challenges and Opportunities for States”
Authors: Judith D. Moore & Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — July 22, 2004
Implementing the New Medicare Drug Benefit: Challenges and Opportunities for States
Managers: Judith D. Moore & Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief  No. 797 — May 10, 2004
Medicare's Chronic Care Improvement Pilot Program: What Is Its Potential?
Author: Nora Super

The Basics — April 26, 2004
State Pharmacy Assistance Programs
Author: Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — April 13, 2004
Implementing the MMA: Insights from Two Seasoned Administrators
Manager: Judith D. Moore

Forum Session — February 6, 2004
Evidence- and Value-Based Approaches to Drug Formularies: What Role Will They Play in the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit?
Manager: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Background Paper  — November 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part I: Linkages among the DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Programs
Author: Karen Matherlee, Consultant

Background Paper  — November 14, 2003
Bridging Silos, Part II: DI, SSI, Medicare, and Medicaid Issues and Initiatives
Author: Karen Matherlee, Consultant

Forum Session — October 22, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy?
Managers: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Issue Brief  No. 794 — September 30, 2003
Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Two for One or Double Jeopardy?
Authors: Jennifer Ryan & Nora Super

Forum Session — September 25, 2003
The Medicare Prescription Drug Proposals and Health Insurance Risk
Manager: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Background Paper  — September 15, 2003
Shaping Public Programs through Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Waivers: The Fundamentals
Author: Cynthia Shirk, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 793 — September 4, 2003
The Medicare Prescription Drug Proposals and Health Insurance Risk
Author: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Forum Session — July 30, 2003
The Geography of Medicare: Explaining Differences in Payment and Costs
Manager: Nora Super

Forum Session — July 9, 2003
Preferred Provider Organizations: Bringing the Mainstream to Medicare?
Manager: Lisa Sprague

Issue Brief  No. 792 — July 3, 2003
The Geography of Medicare: Explaining Differences in Payment and Costs
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — March 26, 2003
Medicare and Chronic Conditions: Breaking Down Barriers to Better Care
Manager: Nora Super

Fundamentals Briefing — January 23–24, 2003
Understanding Medicare and Medicaid: Fundamentals and Issues for the New Congress
Managers: Nora Super & Jennifer Ryan

Forum Session — November 25, 2002
A Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Exploring Issues Raised in a CBO Report
Manager: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Site Visit — November 12–14, 2002
The Medicare and Medicaid Intersection: Caring for Arizona's Seniors
Authors: Nora Super, Lisa Sprague & Judith Moore

Forum Session — October 2, 2002
Medigap: Prevalence, Premiums, and Opportunities for Reform
Manager: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 782 — September 9, 2002
Medigap: Prevalence, Premiums, and Opportunities for Reform
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — July 18, 2002
Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality and Cost Challenge to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurers
Manager: Karen Matherlee, Consultant

Forum Session — July 12, 2002
Average Wholesale Price for Prescription Drugs: Is There a More Appropriate Pricing Mechanism?
Manager: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Small-Group Session — July 10, 2002
Modernizing Medicare: The Homebound Rule and Next Steps
Manager: Judith D. Moore

Issue Brief  No. 779 — June 20, 2002
Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality and Cost Challenge to Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Insurers
Author: Karen Matherlee, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 775 — June 7, 2002
Average Wholesale Price for Prescription Drugs: Is There a More Appropriate Pricing Mechanism?
Author: Dawn M. Gencarelli

Forum Session — April 26, 2002
Pharmacy Benefits: New Concepts in Plan Design
Managers: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant & Sally Coberly, PhD

Issue Brief  No. 772 — March 8, 2002
Pharmacy Benefits: New Concepts in Plan Design
Author: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant

Site Visit — March 4–5, 2002
Transitions along the Continuum of Care: Elderly and Disabled Persons in New York
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Nora Super

Background Paper  — January 25, 2002
From Diagnosis to Payment: The Dynamics of Coding Systems for Hospital, Physician, and Other Health Services
Author: Karen Matherlee, Consultant

Site Visit — January 8–11, 2002
Managed Care: As Good As It Gets? (Los Angeles)
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Sally Coberly, PhD

Forum Session — November 28, 2001
Reconsidering Medicare+Choice: What Options Remain?
Manager: Nora Super

Forum Session — November 2, 2001
Medicare Coverage: Lessons from the Past, Questions for the Future
Manager: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Background Paper  — August 2001
Medicare Coverage: Lessons from the Past, Questions for the Future
Author: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 765 — July 9, 2001
Pharmacy Benefit Managers: A Model for Medicare?
Author: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant

Forum Session — July 9, 2001
Pharmacy Benefit Managers: A Model for Medicare?
Manager: Veronica V. Goff, Consultant

Issue Brief  No. 764 — June 22, 2001
Federal and State Perspectives on GME Reform
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — June 22, 2001
Federal and State Perspectives on GME Reform
Manager: Karen Matherlee

Site Visit — May 5, 2001
Health Care Financing Administration Central Office
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 762 — April 25, 2001
State-Based Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs: Temporary Fix or Lessons for Medicare?
Author: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Forum Session — April 25, 2001
State-Based Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs: Temporary Fix or Lessons for Medicare?
Manager: Robin J. Strongin, Consultant

Forum Session — February 23, 2001
Reflections on HCFA: Former Administrators Speak Their Minds
Manager: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 758 — September 8, 2000
Medicare+Choice: Where to from Here?
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — September 8, 2000
Medicare+Choice: Where to from Here?
Manager: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 756 — June 16, 2000
HCFA's Outpatient PPS: Finally Ready to Roll?
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — June 16, 2000
HCFA's Outpatient PPS: Finally Ready to Roll?
Manager: Karen Matherlee

Workshop — April 27–28, 2000
Hospital-Based Health Care Systems: The Post-BBA Era
Managers: Nora Super, Lisa Sprague & Karen Matherlee

Site Visit — April 10–11, 2000
Site Visit to Seattle — University of Washington Academic Medical Center
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — March 31, 2000
Designing a Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: Safety and Structure Considerations
Manager: Robin J. Strongin

Site Visit — March 20, 2000
Site Visit to Detroit — Henry Ford Health System
Author: Lisa Sprague

Site Visit — March 16–17, 2000
Site Visit to Richmond and Hampton Roads — Bon Secours Health System, Inc.
Author: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 750 — November 8, 1999
Medicare Competitive Pricing: Lessons Being Learned in Phoenix and Kansas City
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — November 8, 1999
Medicare Competitive Pricing: Lessons Being Learned in Phoenix and Kansas City
Manager: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 749 — October 27, 1999
The ABCs of PBMs
Author: Robin J. Strongin

Forum Session — October 27, 1999
The ABCs of PBMs
Manager: Robin J. Strongin

Issue Brief  No. 744 — July 13, 1999
Access to Home Health Services under Medicare's Interim Payment System
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — July 13, 1999
Access to Home Health Services under Medicare's Interim Payment System
Manager: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 743 — July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — July 7, 1999
Implementing the BBA: The Challenge of Moving Medicare Post-Acute Services to PPS
Manager: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief  No. 742 — June 25, 1999
Canada's Generalist Training: Are There Lessons for the United States?
Author: Lee A. Hawkins, Consultant

Forum Session — June 25, 1999
Canada's Generalist Training: Are There Lessons for the United States?
Manager: Lee A. Hawkins, Consultant

Forum Session — April 8, 1999
Providing Outpatient Prescription Drugs through Medicare: Can We Afford To? Can We Afford Not To?
Manager: Robin J. Strongin

Issue Brief  No. 734 — March 30, 1999
Margins As Measures: Gauging Hospitals' Financial Health
Author: Karen Matherlee

Forum Session — March 30, 1999
Margins As Measures: Gauging Hospitals' Financial Health
Manager: Karen Matherlee

Issue Brief  No. 733 — March 24, 1999
Examining the Links between Retirement and Health Insurance: Implications for Medicare Eligibility
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — March 24, 1999
Examining the Links between Retirement and Health Insurance: Implications for Medicare Eligibility
Manager: Nora Super

Background Paper  — March 1999
Providing Outpatient Prescription Drugs through Medicare: Can We Afford To? Can We Afford Not To?
Author: Robin J. Strongin

Issue Brief  No. 730 — February 5, 1999
Medicare HMO Pullouts: What Do They Portend for the Future of Medicare+Choice?
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — February 5, 1999
Medicare HMO Pullouts: What Do They Portend for the Future of Medicare+Choice?
Manager: Nora Super

Issue Brief  No. 729 — January 25, 1999
Filling the Geriatric Gap: Is the Health System Prepared for an Aging Population?
Author: Janet Firshein, Consultant

Forum Session — January 25, 1999
Filling the Geriatric Gap: Is the Health System Prepared for an Aging Population?
Managers: Janet Firshein, Consultant & Nora Super

Site Visit — November 17–20, 1998
Site Visit to Southern California — Plans and Providers: Risk, Accountability, and Staying Power
Authors: Lisa Sprague & Sandra M. Foote

Issue Brief  No. 723 — July 24, 1998
Communicating to Beneficiaries about Medicare+Choice: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Author: Nora Super

Forum Session — July 24, 1998
Communicating to Beneficiaries about Medicare+Choice: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Managers: Nora Super & Sandra M. Foote

Issue Brief  No. 722 — July 9, 1998
Medicare Coverage and Technology Diffusion: Past, Present, and Future
Author: Robin J. Strongin

Forum Session — July 9, 1998
Medicare Coverage and Technology Diffusion: Past, Present, and Future
Manager: Robin J. Strongin

Issue Brief  No. 648 — May 6, 1994
Federal Support of Medical Education: Framing the Issues for the Systems Reform Debate
Author: Karen Matherlee