Medicare Advantage: What Explains Its Robust Health?
The Medicare Advantage (MA) program continues to grow and thrive, despite plan payment cuts imposed through the Affordable Care Act.
Research
Outcomes of Basic Versus Advanced Life Support for Out-of-Hospital Medical Emergencies
Most Medicare patients seeking emergency medical transport are treated by ambulance providers trained in advanced life support (ALS).
A Comparison of Relative Resource Use and Quality in Medicare Advantage Health Plans Versus Traditional Medicare.
Prior analyses of Medicare health plans have examined either utilization of services or quality of care, but not both jointly.
Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison
We compare the liquidity that six developed countries have built into their employer-based defined contribution (DC) retirement schemes.
Comparison of Self-Reported and Medicare Claims-Identified Acute Myocardial Infarction
Background–Cardiovascular disease is often studied through patient self-report and administrative data. However, these 2 sources provide different information, and few studies have compared them.
Use Of Intelligent Assignment To Medicare Part D Plans For People With Schizophrenia Could Produce Substantial Savings
Medicare insures about half of the people in the United States diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Understanding the Increase in Disability Insurance Benefit Receipt in the United States
The share of working-age Americans receiving disability benefits from the federal Disability Insurance (DI) program has increased significantly in recent decades, from 2.2 percent in the late 197
How Much Selection Is Left in Medicare Advantage?
The Medicare Advantage program – the private plans offered to beneficiaries as an alternative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare – has grown to comprise 30% of beneficiaries but has been troubled
Religion and Public Policy: Human Rights, Conflict and Ethics
Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Enrollees in Medicare Advantage Plans
Differences in the control of blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose among the various racial and ethnic groups of Medicare enrollees may contribute to persistent disparities in health outcomes.
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