Michael A. Morrisey, Ph.D., professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues published the article, “Medical Malpractice Reform and Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums,” in the December 2008 issue of Health Services Research. The article highlights findings from a HCFO-sponsored study that examined the effect of recent malpractice reforms on health insurance costs.
Peter J. Neumann, Sc.D., director at the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health at Tufts Medical Center, and colleagues published the article, “Measuring the Value of Public Health Systems: The Disconnect Between Health Economists and Public Health Practitioners,” in the December 2008 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The article highlights findings from a HCFO-sponsored grant—funded under a special topic solicitation in public health systems research (PHSR) and led by Peter Jacobson, J.D., professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health—that examined how to define and measure the value of governmental public health systems.
Steven D. Pizer, Ph.D., health economist at the Boston VA Research Institute, and colleagues published the September 27, 2008 article, "Nothing for Something? Estimating the Cost and Value for Beneficiaries from Recent Medicare Spending Increases on HMO Payments and Drug Benefits," in the online version of the International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics. This article highlights findings from HCFO-sponsored research that examines how Medicare private fee-for-service (PFFS) plans and beneficiary choices are affected by payment policy.
