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
Back To The Future? New Cost and Access Challenges EmergeCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2001	Issue Brief No. 35
Defined Contributions: The Search for a New VisionSally Trude	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 37
Provider Network Instability: Implications for Choice, Costs and Continuity of CareAshley C. Short, Glen P. Mays, Timothy K. Lake	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 39
Health Plan-Provider Showdowns on the RiseBradley C. Strunk, Kelly Devers, Robert E. Hurley	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 40
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 2001	Issue Brief No. 43
Reversal of Fortune: Medicare+Choice Collides with Market ForcesJoy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk, Robert E. Hurley	May 2002	Issue Brief No. 52
Wall Street Comes to Washington	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 54
Cutting Back But Not Cutting OutAshley C. Short, Cara S. Lesser	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 56
The Role of Health Insurance BrokersLeslie Jackson Conwell	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 57
Health Care Cost and Access Problems IntensifyCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2003	Issue Brief No. 63
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2003	Issue Brief No. 67
Tiered-Provider Networks: Patients Face Cost-Choice Trade-OffsGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Bradley C. Strunk	November 2003	Issue Brief No. 71
Getting Along or Going Along? Health Plan-Provider Contract Showdowns SubsideJustin White, Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 74
For-Profit Conversions and Merger Trends Among Blue Cross Blue Shield Health PlansJoy M. Grossman, Bradley C. Strunk	January 2004	Issue Brief No. 76
Managed Care Redux: Health Plans Shift Responsibilities to ConsumersDebra A. Draper, Gary Claxton	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 79
Preferred Provider Organizations and Medicare: Is There an Advantage?Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	April 2004	Issue Brief No. 81
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health CareSally Trude, Leslie Jackson Conwell	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2004	Issue Brief No. 87
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access ProblemsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Laurie E. Felland	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97
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