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
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
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
Quality Improvements By Providers: Market Developments Hinder ProgressKelly Devers	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Competition in Health Care: Its Evolution Over the Past DecadePaul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
The Puzzling Popularity of the PPORobert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Justin White	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Obstacles to Employers' Pursuit of Health Care QualityJ. Lee Hargraves, Sally Trude	September/October 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Convergence and Dissonance: Evolution in Private-Sector Approaches to Disease Management and Care CoordinationGlen P. Mays, Melanie Au, Gary Claxton	November/December 2007	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
The End of an Era: What Became of the "Managed Care Revolution" in 2001?Cara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Kelly Devers	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Managing Costs, Managing Benefits: Employer Decisions in Local Health Care MarketsJon B. Christianson, Sally Trude	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
An Empty Toolbox? Changes in Health Plans' Approaches for Managing Costs and CareGlen P. Mays, Robert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Medicare Contracting Risk/Medicare Risk Contracting: A Life-Cycle View from Twelve MarketsRobert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Hospitals' Negotiating Leverage with Health Plans: How and Why it Changed?Kelly Devers, Lawrence P. Casalino, Liza Rudell, Jeffrey Stoddard, Linda R. Brewster, Timothy K. Lake	Feb. 21, 2003	Journal Article Health Services Research
Insurance Premiums and Insurance Coverage of Near-Poor ChildrenJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky, Peter J. Cunningham, Genevieve Kenney, Melanie Au	Winter 2006/2007	Journal Article Inquiry
The Growth of Managed Care and Changes in Physicians' Income, Autonomy and Satisfaction, 1991-1997Jack Hadley, Jean M. Mitchell	March 2002	Journal Article International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
Health Care Market Trends and the Evolution of Hospitalist Use and RolesHoangmai H. Pham, Kelly Devers, Sylvia Kuo, Robert A. Berenson	February 2005	Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine
Community Responses to National Healthcare FirmsDouglas R. Wholey, Jon B. Christianson, Debra A. Draper, Cara S. Lesser, Lawton R. Burns	December 2004	Journal Article Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Strategies to Enhance Price and Quality Competition in Health Care: Lessons Learned from Tracking Local MarketsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2006	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Consumer Beliefs and Health Plan PerformanceJames D. Reschovsky, J. Lee Hargraves, Albert Smith	June 2002	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
The Paradoxical Politics of Provider ReempowermentLawrence D. Brown, Elizabeth Eagan	December 2004	Journal Article Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law