Health Plans

HSC research focuses on the role health plans play in local health care markets, including care management activities, competitive strategies and relations with providers.

Title	Date	Document Info
Unchecked Provider Clout in California Foreshadows Challenges to Health ReformRobert A. Berenson, Paul B. Ginsburg, Nicole M. Kemper	Feb. 25, 2010	Journal Article Health Affairs
Information Gap: Can Health Insurer Personal Health Records Meet Patients' and Physicians' Needs?Joy M. Grossman, Teresa Zayas-Cabán, Nicole M. Kemper	March/April 2009	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Transition from Managed Care to Consumerism: A Community-Level Status ReportJon B. Christianson, Paul B. Ginsburg, Debra A. Draper	September/October 2008	Journal Article Health Affairs
Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise and PerformanceJames C. Robinson, Paul B. Ginsburg	Jan. 27, 2009	Journal Article Health Affairs
Competition in Health Care: Its Evolution Over the Past DecadePaul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
A Longitudinal Perspective on Health Plan-Provider Risk ContractingRobert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman, Timothy K. Lake, Lawrence P. Casalino	July/August 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Are Market Forces Strong Enough to Deliver Efficient Health Care Systems? Confidence is WaningLen M. Nichols, Paul B. Ginsburg, Robert A. Berenson, Jon B. Christianson, Robert E. Hurley	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Hospital Payment Systems: Will Payers Like the Future Better than the Past?Len M. Nichols, Ann S. O'Malley	January/February 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Medicaid Managed Care: The Last Bastion of the HMO?Debra A. Draper, Robert E. Hurley, Ashley C. Short	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health Benefits In 2006: Premium Increases Moderate, Enrollment In Consumer-Directed Health Plans Remains ModestGary Claxton, Jon R. Gabel, Isadora Gil, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Samantha Hawkins	Sept. 26, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Consumer-Directed Health Insurance Products: Local-Market PerspectivesLydia E. Regopoulos, Jon B. Christianson, Gary Claxton, Sally Trude	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Shopping for Price in Medical CarePaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 6, 2007	Journal Article Health Affairs
Managed Care Rebound? Recent Changes in Health Plans' Cost Containment StrategiesGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Justin White	Aug. 11, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Puzzling Popularity of the PPORobert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Justin White	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Back to the Drawing Board: New Directions in Health Plans' Care Management StrategiesSuzanne Felt-Lisk, Glen P. Mays	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Are HMO Enrollees Healthier Than Others? Results from the Community Tracking StudyElizabeth Schaefer, James D. Reschovsky	May/June 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder ProgressKelly Devers	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care QualityJ. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Improving Health Care Access for Low-Income People: Lessons from Ascension Health's Community CollaborativesLaurie E. Felland, Paul B. Ginsburg, Gretchen Kishbauch	July 2011	Journal Article Health Affairs