Research Area: Acute and Chronic Health Care

Publications within Core Competencies by Topics

Core Competency: Financing
Topic: Public & Private Financing
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Pryor C, Cohen A, Prottas J, Access Project (2007). The Illusion of Coverage: How Health Insurance Fails People When They Get Sick. Boston, MA: The Access Project; March.
Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2006). Could U.S. Hospitals Go the Way of U.S. Airlines? Health Affairs 25 (1): 11-21.
Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.
Mongan J, Mechanic R, Lee T (2006). Transforming U.S. Health Care: Policy Challenges Affecting the Integration and Improvement of Care. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution; December.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Prottas J (2005). Costs, Charges and Medical Debt: What is the Real Goal? American Heart Hospitals Journal 3 (1): 39-45.
Shactman D (2005). Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Conters, and General Hospitals: Charting a Wise Public Policy Course; UpDate Conference Report. Health Affairs 24 (3): 868-873.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Altman SH, Shactman D (2004). More Beds for Boomers: A Top 10 List of Reasons Why Hospitals Will Continue to Expand Capacity. Modern Healthcare 34 (10): 32.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2004). The Outlook for U.S. Hospitals: Forces Driving Spending Growth and Revenue Constraints and Their Implications for Israel. In: Ofer G, ed. The Future Hospital Workshop Report. Tiberias, 31-54.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Gurewich D, Prottas J, Seifert B, Seager S (2004). Medical Debt and Consumer Credit Counseling Services. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 15 (3): 336-346.
Mechanic RE (2004). Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital Program: Complex Structure -- Critical Payments: Background Paper. Washington, DC: National Health Policy Forum; September.
Pryor C, Gurewich D (2004). Getting Care but Paying the Price: How Medical Debt Leaves Many in Massachusetts Facing Tough Choices. Waltham, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts; February.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Unruh J, Hodgkin D (2004). The Role of Contract Design in Privatization of Child Welfare Services: the Kansas Experience. Children and Youth Services Review 26 (8): 771-783.
Altman SH, Tompkins CP, Eilat E, Glavin MPV (2003). Escalating Health Care Spending: Is It Desirable or Inevitable? Health Affairs 22 (1): W3-1 to W3-14.
Andrulis D, Duchon L, Pryor C, Goodman N (2003). Paying for Health Care when You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? Boston, MA: The Access Project Community Access Monitoring Survey (CAMS); January.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Gurewich D, Seifert B, Prottas J (2003). The Consequences of Medical Debt: Evidence from Three Communities. Waltham, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
Mechanic RE (2003). What Will Become of the Medical Mecca? Health Spending in Massachusetts. Health Affairs 22 (6): 130-141.
Newcomer R, Leutz W (2003). Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Health Care for Older Adults. In: Vitt LA, ed. Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance. Vol 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 358-362.
Pryor C, Seifert B, Gurewich D (2003). Medically-Related Debt: Do Public and Private Policies Contribute to the Problem? Boston, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for The Commonwealth Fund.
Pryor C, Seifert R, Gurewich D, Oblat L, Rosman B, Prottas J (2003). Unintended Consequences: How Federal Regulations and Hospital Policies Can Leave Patients in Debt. Boston, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; June.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Wallack SS, Tompkins CP (2003). Realigning Incentives in Fee-for-Service Medicare. Health Affairs 22 (4): 59-70.
Weinberg DB (2003). Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.
Altman SH, Thomas CP (2002). Controlling Spending for Prescription Drugs - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 346 (11): 855-856.
Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Bishop CE, Gliden D, Blom J, Kubisiak J, Hakim R, Lee A, Garnick DW (2002). Medicare Spending for Injured Elders: Are There Opportunities for Savings? Health Affairs 21 (6): 215-223.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid: the Evolving Federal Role in Medicaid, Background, Issues and Challenges. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 20.
Doonan M (2002). The Miami Dade County Immigrant Health Access Task Force: Access to Public Health Trust Services: Success and Challenges. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Glavin MPV, Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Altman SH (2002). An Examination of Factors in the Withdrawal of Managed Care Plans from the Medicare Plus Choice Program. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 39 (4): 341-354.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
Mechanic RE (2002). Disease Management: A Promising Approach for Purchasers: Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Health Care Purchasing Institute; May.
Pryor C (2002). Health Care Access Issues in Palm Beach County. Boston, MA: The Access Project for the Quantum Foundation.
Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (2002). Can Health Care Spending Be Contained? Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Shactman D, Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, Ritter G (2002). Impact of Health Plan Design and Management on Retirees' Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2001. Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W408-W419.
Wallack SS, Sciegaj M, Long L (2002). Short and Intermediate Term Trends Affecting Medicaid Policy for Persons with Disability, Chronic Illness, and Special Needs. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 12 (4): 236-242.
Borden K, Haney M, Hodin RM, Shellenberger K (2001). Don't Lien on Me: Why the State's Medical Indigency is Unhealthy for Idahoans. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst, in collaboration with the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, Idaho Community Action Network.
Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (2001). State Legislatures in the Market Era. In: Rocheford RB, Hackey DA, eds. The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence KS: University of Kansas Press.
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
Shepard DS (2001). The Employer's Perspective - Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 85-86.
Access Project (2000). A Healthcare Safety Net in Tatters: Hospital Free Care in the District of Columbia. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst and Health Care Now, The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Defending Community Benefits in a Changing Healthcare World. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
Guyer J, Schneider A, Spivey MO (2000). Untangling DSH: A Guide for Community Groups to Using the Medicaid DSH Program to Promote Access to Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and The Health Policy Group.
McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.
McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.
Seifert R (2000). Profile of the Uninsured in Texas. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D, Altman SH (2000). The United States Confronts the Policy Dilemmas of an Aging Society. Health Affairs 19 (3): 252-258.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (2000). Adverse Selection and Price Sensitivity when Low-Income People Have Subsidies to Purchase Health Insurance in the Private Market. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 37 (1): 45-60.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (2000). Lessons from New Jersey. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law 25 (1): 45-70.
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Hodgkin D, DiMasi J, Simoni-Wastila L, Rader A, Constantine R, Brown JS (2000). Prescription Drug Policy: Background Paper for the Princeton Conference. Washington DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
Garnick DW, Swartz K (1999). Meeting Information Needs: Lessons Learned from New Jersey's Individual Health Insurance Reform Program. Medical Care Research and Review 56 (4): 456-470.
Leutz W (1999). Policy Choices for Medicaid and Medicare Waivers. The Gerontologist 39 (1): 86-93.
Seifert R, Turnbull N (1999). An Advocate's Guide to the Private Health Insurance Market. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Standley A, Prottas J (1999). Ecu-Health Care: An Ecumenically Sponsored Medical Program in North Adams, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Can Adverse Selection be Avoided in a Market for Individual Health Insurance? Medical Care Research and Review 56 (3): 373-388.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. Health Affairs 18 (4): 180-187.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.
Bishop CE (1998). The Cost-Adjustment Factor in the Rate-Setting Method for Medicaid Nursing Home Facilities. Testimony before the Massachusetts Commission on Health Care Finance and Policy. December 29.
Garnick DW, Swartz K, Skwara KC (1998). Insurance Agents: Ignored Players in Health Insurance Reform. Health Affairs 17 (2): 137-143.
Leutz W (1998). Medicare, Long-Term Care, and Social HMO's. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July 20.
Long L (1998). Medicare in Massachusetts: The Impact of the 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement. Issue Brief No. 2. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum , Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July. No. 2.
Payne SMC, Thomas CP (1998). Determinants of Home Health Visit Length: Results of a Multi-Site Prospective Study. Medical Care 36 (10): 1500-14.
Shactman D (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Testimony before the Labor and Human Resources Committee, United States Senate. June 25.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Thomas CP (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1998). The Impact of Hospital Conversions on the Healthcare Safety Net. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 189-206.
Shactman D (1998). The Role of Regulation in a Market Oriented Health Care System. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fifth Princeton Conference; July 30.
Thomas CP, Payne SMC (1998). Home Alone: Unmet Need for Formal Suppport Services among Home Health Clients. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 17 (2): 1-20.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.
Altman SH, Shactman D (1997). Should We Worry About Hospitals' High Administrative Costs? - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 336 (11): 798-799.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Brown R, Phillips B, Bishop CE, Thornton C, Ritter G, Klein A, Schochet P, Skwara KC (1997). The Effects of Predetermined Payment Rates for Medicare Home Health Care. Health Services Research 32 (4): 397-414.
Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.
Cohen M, Nandakumar N (1997). The Changing face of Long Term Care Insurance in 1994: Profiles and Innovations in a Dynamic Market. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 34 (1): 50-61.
Hodgkin D, Drainoni ML (1997). Choice of Managed Care Plan Type among Medicaid Recipients with Disabilities. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; March 21.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Hospital Conversions and Uncompensated Care - Letter. Health Affairs 16 (3): 270-271.
Altman SH, Wallack SS (1996). Health Care Spending: Can the United States Control It? In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1-32.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Beatrice DF (1996). States and Health Care Reform: The Importance of Program Implementation. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 183-206.
Bishop CE, Altman SH, Shactman D (1996). Effects on Employment of a Deceleration in Health Spending. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Council on the Economic Impact of Health Care Reform.
Bishop CE, Wallack SS (1996). National Health Expenditure Limits: The Case for a Global Budget Process. Milbank Quarterly 74 (3): 361-376.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1996). The Home Health Visit: an Appropriate Unit for Medicare Payment? Health Affairs 15 (4): 145-55.
Capitman J, Yee DL (1996). Should Family Members be Paid to Provide Care to Elderly Persons? In: Scharlach AE, Kaye LE, eds. Controversial Issues in Aging. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila L (1996). Utilization and Expenditures for Prescription Drugs in Eight State Medicaid Programs. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the U.S. Healthcare Financing Administration; February 26.
Parente ST, Weiner JP, Garnick DW, Fowles J, Lawthers AG, Palmer RH (1996). Profiling Resource Use by Primary-Care Practices: Managed Medicare Implications. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 23-42.
Shactman D, Fishman A (1996). State Regulation of Health Industry Conversions From Not-For-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December 30.
Shactman D (1996). States Must Guard Charitable Assets - Commentary. Modern Healthcare 26 (47): 33.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance. Compensation and Benefits Management 12 (2): 35-44.
Shactman D, Taylor H (1996). The Public Versus the Experts: Current Attitudes Towards Health Care Reform. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Bhalotra S, Chilingerian JA, Glavin MPV, Ritter G, Hodgkin D (1996). Bringing Managed Care Incentives to Medicare's Fee-for-Service Sector. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 43-63.
Wallack SS, Skwara KC, Cai J (1996). Redefining Rate Regulation in a Competitive Environment. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 21 (3): 489-510.
 
Topic: Payment Systems
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Pryor C, Cohen A, Prottas J, Access Project (2007). The Illusion of Coverage: How Health Insurance Fails People When They Get Sick. Boston, MA: The Access Project; March.
Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2006). Could U.S. Hospitals Go the Way of U.S. Airlines? Health Affairs 25 (1): 11-21.
Mechanic R (2006). Coverage and Reimibursement in an Era of Personalized Medicine: Emerging Policy Issues in Genetic Testing. Waltham, MA: Health Industry Forum, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; October.
Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Mechanic RE (2004). Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital Program: Complex Structure -- Critical Payments: Background Paper. Washington, DC: National Health Policy Forum; September.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Altman SH, Tompkins CP, Eilat E, Glavin MPV (2003). Escalating Health Care Spending: Is It Desirable or Inevitable? Health Affairs 22 (1): W3-1 to W3-14.
Andrulis D, Duchon L, Pryor C, Goodman N (2003). Paying for Health Care when You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? Boston, MA: The Access Project Community Access Monitoring Survey (CAMS); January.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
Mechanic RE (2003). What Will Become of the Medical Mecca? Health Spending in Massachusetts. Health Affairs 22 (6): 130-141.
Newcomer R, Leutz W (2003). Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Health Care for Older Adults. In: Vitt LA, ed. Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance. Vol 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 358-362.
Rosman BP (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Care Policy Options. Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 3.
Shactman D, Doonan M, Rosman B (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Thomas CP (2003). Incentive-Based Formularies - Perspectives. The New England Journal of Medicine 349 (23): 2186-2188.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Wallack SS, Tompkins CP (2003). Realigning Incentives in Fee-for-Service Medicare. Health Affairs 22 (4): 59-70.
Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.
Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid: the Evolving Federal Role in Medicaid, Background, Issues and Challenges. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 20.
Glavin MPV, Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Altman SH (2002). An Examination of Factors in the Withdrawal of Managed Care Plans from the Medicare Plus Choice Program. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 39 (4): 341-354.
Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (2002). Can Health Care Spending Be Contained? Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Shactman D, Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, Ritter G (2002). Impact of Health Plan Design and Management on Retirees' Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2001. Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W408-W419.
Wallack SS, Sciegaj M, Long L (2002). Short and Intermediate Term Trends Affecting Medicaid Policy for Persons with Disability, Chronic Illness, and Special Needs. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 12 (4): 236-242.
Borden K, Haney M, Hodin RM, Shellenberger K (2001). Don't Lien on Me: Why the State's Medical Indigency is Unhealthy for Idahoans. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst, in collaboration with the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, Idaho Community Action Network.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (2001). State Legislatures in the Market Era. In: Rocheford RB, Hackey DA, eds. The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence KS: University of Kansas Press.
Shepard DS (2001). The Employer's Perspective - Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 85-86.
Access Project (2000). A Healthcare Safety Net in Tatters: Hospital Free Care in the District of Columbia. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst and Health Care Now, The Access Project.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
Guyer J, Schneider A, Spivey MO (2000). Untangling DSH: A Guide for Community Groups to Using the Medicaid DSH Program to Promote Access to Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and The Health Policy Group.
Leutz W (2000). Innovations in Care for the Elderly: A Congressional Resource Guide on Social HMOs. Waltham, MA: The Social HMO Consortium / Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Shactman D, Altman SH (2000). The United States Confronts the Policy Dilemmas of an Aging Society. Health Affairs 19 (3): 252-258.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Anthony YE (2000). Analysis of Hospital Costs: a Manual for Managers. Geneva: World Health Organization - WHO.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (2000). Lessons from New Jersey. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law 25 (1): 45-70.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
Leutz W (1999). Policy Choices for Medicaid and Medicare Waivers. The Gerontologist 39 (1): 86-93.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Can Adverse Selection be Avoided in a Market for Individual Health Insurance? Medical Care Research and Review 56 (3): 373-388.
Beatrice DF, Thomas CP, Biles B (1998). Grant-making with an Impact: The Commonwealth Fund Patient-Centered Care Program. Health Affairs 17 (1): 236-244.
Bishop CE (1998). The Cost-Adjustment Factor in the Rate-Setting Method for Medicaid Nursing Home Facilities. Testimony before the Massachusetts Commission on Health Care Finance and Policy. December 29.
Garnick DW, Swartz K, Skwara KC (1998). Insurance Agents: Ignored Players in Health Insurance Reform. Health Affairs 17 (2): 137-143.
Payne SMC, Thomas CP (1998). Determinants of Home Health Visit Length: Results of a Multi-Site Prospective Study. Medical Care 36 (10): 1500-14.
Shactman D (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Testimony before the Labor and Human Resources Committee, United States Senate. June 25.
Shactman D (1998). The Role of Regulation in a Market Oriented Health Care System. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fifth Princeton Conference; July 30.
Thomas CP, Payne SMC (1998). Home Alone: Unmet Need for Formal Suppport Services among Home Health Clients. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 17 (2): 1-20.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Brown R, Phillips B, Bishop CE, Thornton C, Ritter G, Klein A, Schochet P, Skwara KC (1997). The Effects of Predetermined Payment Rates for Medicare Home Health Care. Health Services Research 32 (4): 397-414.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Hospital Conversions and Uncompensated Care - Letter. Health Affairs 16 (3): 270-271.
Altman SH, Wallack SS (1996). Health Care Spending: Can the United States Control It? In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1-32.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Bishop CE, Wallack SS (1996). National Health Expenditure Limits: The Case for a Global Budget Process. Milbank Quarterly 74 (3): 361-376.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1996). The Home Health Visit: an Appropriate Unit for Medicare Payment? Health Affairs 15 (4): 145-55.
Capitman J, Yee DL (1996). Should Family Members be Paid to Provide Care to Elderly Persons? In: Scharlach AE, Kaye LE, eds. Controversial Issues in Aging. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Levine HJ, Strickler G, Watson K, Drainoni ML, Beatrice DF (1996). Profile of Adult SSI and SSDI Beneficiatires with Disabilities: The Kaiser Consumer Survey. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; February 7.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance. Compensation and Benefits Management 12 (2): 35-44.
Shactman D, Taylor H (1996). The Public Versus the Experts: Current Attitudes Towards Health Care Reform. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Wallack SS, Skwara KC, Cai J (1996). Redefining Rate Regulation in a Competitive Environment. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 21 (3): 489-510.
 
Topic: Managed Care Financing
Citation
 
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Martin TC, Ryan A (2007). Differences in Prescription Drug Use in HMO and Self-insured Health Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 64 (1): 98-116.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Altman SH, Tompkins CP, Eilat E, Glavin MPV (2003). Escalating Health Care Spending: Is It Desirable or Inevitable? Health Affairs 22 (1): W3-1 to W3-14.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
Newcomer R, Leutz W (2003). Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Health Care for Older Adults. In: Vitt LA, ed. Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance. Vol 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 358-362.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Thomas CP (2003). Incentive-Based Formularies - Perspectives. The New England Journal of Medicine 349 (23): 2186-2188.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Glavin MPV, Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Altman SH (2002). An Examination of Factors in the Withdrawal of Managed Care Plans from the Medicare Plus Choice Program. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 39 (4): 341-354.
Green CA, Capitman J, Leutz W (2002). Expanded Care and Quality of Life Among Elderly Social HMO Members. Journal of Applied Gerontology 21 (3): 333-351.
Mechanic RE (2002). Disease Management: A Promising Approach for Purchasers: Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Health Care Purchasing Institute; May.
Shactman D, Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, Ritter G (2002). Impact of Health Plan Design and Management on Retirees' Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2001. Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W408-W419.
Hager CL (2001). Implementation of New Managed Care Law. Boston Bar Association Health Law Section Newsletter (January/February).
McDonough J (2001). State Legislatures in the Market Era. In: Rocheford RB, Hackey DA, eds. The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence KS: University of Kansas Press.
Mechanic RE (2001). Proactive Medical Management. Cambridge, MA: Forrester Research; April.
Shepard DS (2001). The Employer's Perspective - Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 85-86.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
Leutz W (2000). Innovations in Care for the Elderly: A Congressional Resource Guide on Social HMOs. Waltham, MA: The Social HMO Consortium / Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Leutz W (1998). Medicare, Long-Term Care, and Social HMO's. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July 20.
Payne SMC, Thomas CP (1998). Determinants of Home Health Visit Length: Results of a Multi-Site Prospective Study. Medical Care 36 (10): 1500-14.
Thomas CP, Payne SMC (1998). Home Alone: Unmet Need for Formal Suppport Services among Home Health Clients. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 17 (2): 1-20.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Hodgkin D, Drainoni ML (1997). Choice of Managed Care Plan Type among Medicaid Recipients with Disabilities. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; March 21.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M, Capitman J (1997). Client-Centered Case Management: A Survey of State Programs. Journal of Case Management 6 (1): 18-23.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1997). The Future Is Now: A Strategic Planning Guide to Help Aging Network Organizations Assess Options in Managed Care Environments. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Altman SH, Wallack SS (1996). Health Care Spending: Can the United States Control It? In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1-32.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Edwards J (1996). Including People with Disabilities in Managed Care: Issues and Challenges. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University and National Academy for State Heatlh Policy, Portland Maine; December 11.
Leutz W (1996). Learning from the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration: 1985-1996. Testimony before the Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, US House of Representatives. April 18.
Leutz W (1996). The Social HMO: Flexible Models to Enhance, Finance, and Integrate Services. In: Polisar D, ed. Financing LTC: A Secure Old Age. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 57-84.
Parente ST, Weiner JP, Garnick DW, Fowles J, Lawthers AG, Palmer RH (1996). Profiling Resource Use by Primary-Care Practices: Managed Medicare Implications. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 23-42.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance. Compensation and Benefits Management 12 (2): 35-44.
Shactman D, Taylor H (1996). The Public Versus the Experts: Current Attitudes Towards Health Care Reform. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Bhalotra S, Chilingerian JA, Glavin MPV, Ritter G, Hodgkin D (1996). Bringing Managed Care Incentives to Medicare's Fee-for-Service Sector. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 43-63.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
 
Core Competency: Organizations
Topic: Organizational Behavior
Citation
 
Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.
Pryor C, Cohen A, Prottas J, Access Project (2007). The Illusion of Coverage: How Health Insurance Fails People When They Get Sick. Boston, MA: The Access Project; March.
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Martin TC, Ryan A (2007). Differences in Prescription Drug Use in HMO and Self-insured Health Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 64 (1): 98-116.
Weinberg DB, Gittell JH, Lusenhop RW, Kautz CM, Wright J (2007). Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes for Surgical Patients. Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 7-24.
Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2006). Could U.S. Hospitals Go the Way of U.S. Airlines? Health Affairs 25 (1): 11-21.
Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.
Mongan J, Mechanic R, Lee T (2006). Transforming U.S. Health Care: Policy Challenges Affecting the Integration and Improvement of Care. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution; December.
Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Charns M, Gittell JH (2005). Work Design. In: Shortell S, Kaluzny A, eds. Healthcare Management: Organizational Design and Behavior. Fifth ed. New York: Delmar Press.
Gittell JH, Briscoe F (2005). Physician Work: Greater Coordination and Increased Flexibility. Perspectives on Work 9 (2).
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Prottas J (2005). Costs, Charges and Medical Debt: What is the Real Goal? American Heart Hospitals Journal 3 (1): 39-45.
Shactman D (2005). Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Conters, and General Hospitals: Charting a Wise Public Policy Course; UpDate Conference Report. Health Affairs 24 (3): 868-873.
Altman SH, Shactman D (2004). More Beds for Boomers: A Top 10 List of Reasons Why Hospitals Will Continue to Expand Capacity. Modern Healthcare 34 (10): 32.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2004). The Outlook for U.S. Hospitals: Forces Driving Spending Growth and Revenue Constraints and Their Implications for Israel. In: Ofer G, ed. The Future Hospital Workshop Report. Tiberias, 31-54.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (by P Farmer). Psychiatric Services 55 (8): 950.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Gittell JH (2004). Achieving Focus in Hospital-Based Health Care: The Role of Relational Coordination. In: Herzlinger R, ed. Consumer Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Gittell JH, Weiss L (2004). Coordination Networks Within and Across Organizations: A Multi-Level Framework. Journal of Management Studies 41 (1): 127-153.
Leutz W, Rethmeier K (2004). Strategic Planning Guide (online only). University of Southern Maine. Available at: http://www.partnershipsforolderadults.org/resources/levelone.aspx?sectionGUID=753922c9-ded1-4921-82cc-b087db71bc8c.
Sciegaj M, Capitman JA, Kyriacou CK (2004). Consumer-Directed Community Care: Race, Ethnicity and Individual Differences in Preferences for Control. The Gerontologist 44 (4): 489-499.
Unruh J, Hodgkin D (2004). The Role of Contract Design in Privatization of Child Welfare Services: the Kansas Experience. Children and Youth Services Review 26 (8): 771-783.
Wallack SS, Weinberg DB, Thomas CP (2004). Health Plans' Strategies to Control Prescription Drug Spending. Health Affairs 23 (6): 141-148.
Andrulis D, Duchon L, Pryor C, Goodman N (2003). Paying for Health Care when You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? Boston, MA: The Access Project Community Access Monitoring Survey (CAMS); January.
Bishop CE (2003). Chronic and Long-term Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability. In: Blumenthal D, Moon M, Warshawsky M, Boccuti C, eds. Long-term Care and Medicare Policy: Can We Improve the continuity of Care? Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance, 12-39.
Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.
Capitman J (2003). Verve not ERVs for Care Planners - Editorial. The Gerontologist 43 (6): 806-807.
Fischer LR, Green CA, Goodman MJ, Brody KK, Aickin M, Wei F, Phelps LW, Leutz W (2003). Community-Based Care and Risk of Nursing Home Placement. Medical Care 41 (12): 1407-1416.
Gittell JH (2003). The Southwest Arilines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Gurewich D, Prottas J, Leutz W (2003). The Effect of Hospital Ownership Conversions on Nonacute Care Providers. Milbank Quarterly 81 (4): 543-565.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
Pryor C, Seifert B, Gurewich D (2003). Medically-Related Debt: Do Public and Private Policies Contribute to the Problem? Boston, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for The Commonwealth Fund.
Pryor C, Seifert R, Gurewich D, Oblat L, Rosman B, Prottas J (2003). Unintended Consequences: How Federal Regulations and Hospital Policies Can Leave Patients in Debt. Boston, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; June.
Rosman BP (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Care Policy Options. Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 3.
Shactman D, Doonan M, Rosman B (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Thomas CP (2003). Incentive-Based Formularies - Perspectives. The New England Journal of Medicine 349 (23): 2186-2188.
Wallack SS, Tompkins CP (2003). Realigning Incentives in Fee-for-Service Medicare. Health Affairs 22 (4): 59-70.
Weinberg DB (2003). Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.
Altman SH, Thomas CP (2002). Controlling Spending for Prescription Drugs - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 346 (11): 855-856.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Capitman J (2002). Defining Diversity: A Primer and a Review. Generations-Journal of the American Society on Aging 26 (3): 8-14.
Doonan M (2002). The Miami Dade County Immigrant Health Access Task Force: Access to Public Health Trust Services: Success and Challenges. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Gittell JH (2002). Coordinating Mechanisms in Care Provider Groups: Relational Coordination as a Mediator and Input Uncertainty as a Moderator of Performance Effects. Management Science 48 (11): 1408-1426.
Gittell JH (2002). Relationships between Service Providers and their Impact on Customers. Journal of Service Research 4 (4): 299-311.
Glavin MPV, Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Altman SH (2002). An Examination of Factors in the Withdrawal of Managed Care Plans from the Medicare Plus Choice Program. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 39 (4): 341-354.
Green CA, Capitman J, Leutz W (2002). Expanded Care and Quality of Life Among Elderly Social HMO Members. Journal of Applied Gerontology 21 (3): 333-351.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Ruwe M, Ching VN, Flaherty-Robb M, McKenzie M, Percy P, Lee W (2002). Caregiver Education and Support: Results of a Multi-Site Pilot in an HMO. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 21 (4): 49-72.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.
Mechanic RE (2002). Disease Management: A Promising Approach for Purchasers: Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Health Care Purchasing Institute; May.
Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, Ritter G (2002). Impact of Health Plan Design and Management on Retirees' Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2001. Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W408-W419.
Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.
Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin, D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara K (2001). Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts. Psychiatric Services 52 (11): 1502-1509.
Hager CL (2001). Implementation of New Managed Care Law. Boston Bar Association Health Law Section Newsletter (January/February).
Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Green C (2001). A Limited Entitlement for Community Care; How Members Use Services. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (3): 43-64.
McDonough J (2001). State Legislatures in the Market Era. In: Rocheford RB, Hackey DA, eds. The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence KS: University of Kansas Press.
Mechanic RE (2001). Proactive Medical Management. Cambridge, MA: Forrester Research; April.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Illinois). Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to New Jersey). Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network.
Robbins CJ, Bradley EH, Spicer M (2001). Developing Leadership in Healthcare Administration: A Competency Assessment Tool. Journal of Healthcare Management 46 (3): 188-202.
Rosenstein A (2001). Evaluation of the Impact of Asthma Action Plans. Boston, MA: The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative (NEPHMCC).
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
The Texas Health Access Project (2001). Random Access: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net: Reports from the Communities. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Texas Health Access Project; March.
Thomas CP, Ritter G, Wallack SS (2001). Growth in Prescription Drug Spending among Insured Elders. Health Affairs 20 (5): 265-277.
Access Project (2000). A Healthcare Safety Net in Tatters: Hospital Free Care in the District of Columbia. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst and Health Care Now, The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Developing a Community-Based Response to Healthcare Issues: A Framework for Planning and Action. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Defending Community Benefits in a Changing Healthcare World. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Using Risk Factors to Assess Health Care Access in a Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
Chilingerian JA (2000). Evaluating Quality Outcomes Against Best Practice: A New Frontier. In: Kimberly JR, Minveille E, eds. The Quality Imperative: Measurement and Management of Quality in Healthcare. London: Imperial College Press, 141-167.
Fenz C (2000). Providing Health Care for the Uninsured in Texas: A Guide for County Officials. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Gittell JH, Fairfield K, Bierbaum B, Head W, Jackson R, Kelly M, Laskin R, Lipson S, Siliski J, Thornhill T, Zuckerman J (2000). Impact of Relational Coordination on Quality of Care, Post-Operative Pain and Functioning, and Length of Stay: A Nine Hospital Study of Surgical Patients. Medical Care 38 (8): 807-819.
Leutz W (2000). Innovations in Care for the Elderly: A Congressional Resource Guide on Social HMOs. Waltham, MA: The Social HMO Consortium / Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.
McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.
Moran T (2000). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Massachusetts). Boston, MA: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The Access Project.
Prottas J (2000). Rationing Human Organs for Transplant. In: Finkelstein N, ed. Transparency in Public Policy: Great Britain and the United States. New York, NY: St. Martin Press, 70-92.
Seifert R (2000). Profile of the Uninsured in Texas. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Seto N, Weiskopf BK (2000). Community Benefits: The Need for Action, an Opportunity for Action and Healthcare Change. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.
Shactman D, Altman SH (2000). The United States Confronts the Policy Dilemmas of an Aging Society. Health Affairs 19 (3): 252-258.
Access Project (1999). Fact Sheet: Handles for Organizing a Health Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (1999). Fact Sheet: The Free Care Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE (1999). Efficiency of Home Care: Notes for an Economic Approach to Resource Allocation. Journal of Aging and Health 11 (3): 277-298.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.
Capitman J, Prottas J (1999). Action Where it Counts: Communities Responding to the Challenge of Health Care for the Uninsured. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Garnick DW, Swartz K (1999). Meeting Information Needs: Lessons Learned from New Jersey's Individual Health Insurance Reform Program. Medical Care Research and Review 56 (4): 456-470.
Leutz W (1999). Five Laws for Integrating Acute and Long-term Care. Milbank Quarterly 77 (1): 77-110.
Leutz W (1999). Policy Choices for Medicaid and Medicare Waivers. The Gerontologist 39 (1): 86-93.
McDonough J (1999). Healthcare Policy: The Basics. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (1999). La Politica Del Cuidado de la Salud en Los Estados Unidos: Informacion Basica. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Meredith JC, Dunham CM (1999). Real Clout. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Sherry ST, Marlow A (1999). Getting the Lay of the Land on Health: A Guide for Using Interviews to Gather Information. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Siefert R, Sokol K (1999). The Uninsured in Illinois and Chicago: Close to 2 Million Face Barriers to Heatlh Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Can Adverse Selection be Avoided in a Market for Individual Health Insurance? Medical Care Research and Review 56 (3): 373-388.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. Health Affairs 18 (4): 180-187.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.
Yee DL, Capitman JA, Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1999). Resident Centered Care in Assisted Living Programs. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (3): 7-26.
Beatrice DF, Thomas CP, Biles B (1998). Grant-making with an Impact: The Commonwealth Fund Patient-Centered Care Program. Health Affairs 17 (1): 236-244.
Bishop CE (1998). Health Cost Containment: What it Will Mean for Workers and Local Economies. Public Health Reports 113 (3): 204-13.
Bishop CE, Visconti M (1998). Impact of Expedited Review under Certificate of Need for Home Health Services: Final Report to the State of New Jersey. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Garnick DW, Swartz K, Skwara KC (1998). Insurance Agents: Ignored Players in Health Insurance Reform. Health Affairs 17 (2): 137-143.
Glavin MPV, Chilingerian JA (1998). Hospital Care Production and Medical Errors: Organizational Responses to Improve Care. Current Topics in Management. Vol 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 193-215.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1998). The Impact of Hospital Conversions on the Healthcare Safety Net. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 189-206.
Thomas CP, Payne SMC (1998). Home Alone: Unmet Need for Formal Suppport Services among Home Health Clients. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 17 (2): 1-20.
Altman SH, Shactman D (1997). Should We Worry About Hospitals' High Administrative Costs? - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 336 (11): 798-799.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.
Isaacs SL, Beatrice DF, Carr W (1997). Health Care Conversion Foundations: A Status Report. Essay. Health Affairs 16 (6): 228-236.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1997). The Future Is Now: A Strategic Planning Guide to Help Aging Network Organizations Assess Options in Managed Care Environments. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Beatrice DF (1996). States and Health Care Reform: The Importance of Program Implementation. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 183-206.
Hodgkin D (1996). Specialized Service Offerings and Patients' Choice of Hospital: The Case of Cardiac Catheterization. Journal of Health Economics 15 (3): 305-322.
Leutz W (1996). Learning from the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration: 1985-1996. Testimony before the Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, US House of Representatives. April 18.
Leutz W (1996). The Social HMO: Flexible Models to Enhance, Finance, and Integrate Services. In: Polisar D, ed. Financing LTC: A Secure Old Age. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 57-84.
Parente ST, Weiner JP, Garnick DW, Fowles J, Lawthers AG, Palmer RH (1996). Profiling Resource Use by Primary-Care Practices: Managed Medicare Implications. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 23-42.
Shactman D, Fishman A (1996). State Regulation of Health Industry Conversions From Not-For-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December 30.
Shactman D (1996). States Must Guard Charitable Assets - Commentary. Modern Healthcare 26 (47): 33.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Conversion of Hospitals From Not-for-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance. Compensation and Benefits Management 12 (2): 35-44.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Bhalotra S, Chilingerian JA, Glavin MPV, Ritter G, Hodgkin D (1996). Bringing Managed Care Incentives to Medicare's Fee-for-Service Sector. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 43-63.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Garnick DW, Chilingerian JA (1996). Physician Profiling in Group Practices. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 19 (4): 28-39.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M (1996). A Consumer Centered Framework for Assessing Assisted Living Effectiveness. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M, Leutz W, Prottas J (1996). A Consumer's Guide: Finding the Assisted Living Program for You. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
 
Topic: Organizational Performance
Citation
 
Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.
Weinberg DB, Gittell JH, Lusenhop RW, Kautz CM, Wright J (2007). Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes for Surgical Patients. Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 7-24.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2006). Could U.S. Hospitals Go the Way of U.S. Airlines? Health Affairs 25 (1): 11-21.
Mongan J, Mechanic R, Lee T (2006). Transforming U.S. Health Care: Policy Challenges Affecting the Integration and Improvement of Care. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution; December.
Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Charns M, Gittell JH (2005). Work Design. In: Shortell S, Kaluzny A, eds. Healthcare Management: Organizational Design and Behavior. Fifth ed. New York: Delmar Press.
Gittell JH, Briscoe F (2005). Physician Work: Greater Coordination and Increased Flexibility. Perspectives on Work 9 (2).
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Shactman D (2005). Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Conters, and General Hospitals: Charting a Wise Public Policy Course; UpDate Conference Report. Health Affairs 24 (3): 868-873.
Altman SH, Shactman D (2004). More Beds for Boomers: A Top 10 List of Reasons Why Hospitals Will Continue to Expand Capacity. Modern Healthcare 34 (10): 32.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Gittell JH (2004). Achieving Focus in Hospital-Based Health Care: The Role of Relational Coordination. In: Herzlinger R, ed. Consumer Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Gittell JH, Weiss L (2004). Coordination Networks Within and Across Organizations: A Multi-Level Framework. Journal of Management Studies 41 (1): 127-153.
Leutz W, Rethmeier K (2004). Strategic Planning Guide (online only). University of Southern Maine. Available at: http://www.partnershipsforolderadults.org/resources/levelone.aspx?sectionGUID=753922c9-ded1-4921-82cc-b087db71bc8c.
Andrulis D, Duchon L, Pryor C, Goodman N (2003). Paying for Health Care when You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? Boston, MA: The Access Project Community Access Monitoring Survey (CAMS); January.
Bishop CE (2003). Chronic and Long-term Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability. In: Blumenthal D, Moon M, Warshawsky M, Boccuti C, eds. Long-term Care and Medicare Policy: Can We Improve the continuity of Care? Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance, 12-39.
Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.
Capitman J (2003). Verve not ERVs for Care Planners - Editorial. The Gerontologist 43 (6): 806-807.
Fischer LR, Green CA, Goodman MJ, Brody KK, Aickin M, Wei F, Phelps LW, Leutz W (2003). Community-Based Care and Risk of Nursing Home Placement. Medical Care 41 (12): 1407-1416.
Gittell JH (2003). The Southwest Arilines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Wallack SS, Tompkins CP (2003). Realigning Incentives in Fee-for-Service Medicare. Health Affairs 22 (4): 59-70.
Weinberg DB (2003). Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.
Access Project (2002). What a Difference an Interpreter Can Make: Health Care Experiences of Uninsured with Limited English Proficiency. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Bishop CE, Gliden D, Blom J, Kubisiak J, Hakim R, Lee A, Garnick DW (2002). Medicare Spending for Injured Elders: Are There Opportunities for Savings? Health Affairs 21 (6): 215-223.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Capitman J (2002). Defining Diversity: A Primer and a Review. Generations-Journal of the American Society on Aging 26 (3): 8-14.
Doonan M (2002). The Miami Dade County Immigrant Health Access Task Force: Access to Public Health Trust Services: Success and Challenges. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Gittell JH (2002). Coordinating Mechanisms in Care Provider Groups: Relational Coordination as a Mediator and Input Uncertainty as a Moderator of Performance Effects. Management Science 48 (11): 1408-1426.
Gittell JH (2002). Relationships between Service Providers and their Impact on Customers. Journal of Service Research 4 (4): 299-311.
Glavin MPV, Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Altman SH (2002). An Examination of Factors in the Withdrawal of Managed Care Plans from the Medicare Plus Choice Program. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 39 (4): 341-354.
Green CA, Capitman J, Leutz W (2002). Expanded Care and Quality of Life Among Elderly Social HMO Members. Journal of Applied Gerontology 21 (3): 333-351.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Ruwe M, Ching VN, Flaherty-Robb M, McKenzie M, Percy P, Lee W (2002). Caregiver Education and Support: Results of a Multi-Site Pilot in an HMO. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 21 (4): 49-72.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.
Mechanic RE (2002). Disease Management: A Promising Approach for Purchasers: Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Health Care Purchasing Institute; May.
Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, Ritter G (2002). Impact of Health Plan Design and Management on Retirees' Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2001. Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W408-W419.
Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.
Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin, D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara K (2001). Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts. Psychiatric Services 52 (11): 1502-1509.
Hager CL (2001). Implementation of New Managed Care Law. Boston Bar Association Health Law Section Newsletter (January/February).
Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (2001). State Legislatures in the Market Era. In: Rocheford RB, Hackey DA, eds. The New Politics of State Health Policy. Lawrence KS: University of Kansas Press.
Mechanic RE (2001). Proactive Medical Management. Cambridge, MA: Forrester Research; April.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Illinois). Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to New Jersey). Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network.
Robbins CJ, Bradley EH, Spicer M (2001). Developing Leadership in Healthcare Administration: A Competency Assessment Tool. Journal of Healthcare Management 46 (3): 188-202.
Rosenstein A (2001). Evaluation of the Impact of Asthma Action Plans. Boston, MA: The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative (NEPHMCC).
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
The Texas Health Access Project (2001). Random Access: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net: Reports from the Communities. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Texas Health Access Project; March.
Access Project (2000). A Healthcare Safety Net in Tatters: Hospital Free Care in the District of Columbia. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst and Health Care Now, The Access Project.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
Gittell JH, Fairfield K, Bierbaum B, Head W, Jackson R, Kelly M, Laskin R, Lipson S, Siliski J, Thornhill T, Zuckerman J (2000). Impact of Relational Coordination on Quality of Care, Post-Operative Pain and Functioning, and Length of Stay: A Nine Hospital Study of Surgical Patients. Medical Care 38 (8): 807-819.
Leutz W (2000). Innovations in Care for the Elderly: A Congressional Resource Guide on Social HMOs. Waltham, MA: The Social HMO Consortium / Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.
Moran T (2000). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Massachusetts). Boston, MA: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The Access Project.
Prottas J (2000). Rationing Human Organs for Transplant. In: Finkelstein N, ed. Transparency in Public Policy: Great Britain and the United States. New York, NY: St. Martin Press, 70-92.
Seto N, Weiskopf BK (2000). Community Benefits: The Need for Action, an Opportunity for Action and Healthcare Change. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.
Access Project (1999). Fact Sheet: Handles for Organizing a Health Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (1999). Fact Sheet: The Free Care Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (1999). Using Data: A Guide for Community Health Activists. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE (1999). Efficiency of Home Care: Notes for an Economic Approach to Resource Allocation. Journal of Aging and Health 11 (3): 277-298.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.
Capitman J, Prottas J (1999). Action Where it Counts: Communities Responding to the Challenge of Health Care for the Uninsured. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Leutz W (1999). Five Laws for Integrating Acute and Long-term Care. Milbank Quarterly 77 (1): 77-110.
Ramos-Gomez FJ, Shepard DS (1999). Cost-Effectiveness Model for Prevention of Early Childhood Caries. Journal of the California Dental Association 27 (7): 539-544.
Sherry ST, Marlow A (1999). Getting the Lay of the Land on Health: A Guide for Using Interviews to Gather Information. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Socholitzky E, Turnbull N (1999). How Many Uninsured? A Resource Guide for Community-Level Estimates. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Standley A, Prottas J (1999). Ecu-Health Care: An Ecumenically Sponsored Medical Program in North Adams, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. Health Affairs 18 (4): 180-187.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.
Yee DL, Capitman JA, Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1999). Resident Centered Care in Assisted Living Programs. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (3): 7-26.
Bishop CE (1998). Health Cost Containment: What it Will Mean for Workers and Local Economies. Public Health Reports 113 (3): 204-13.
Bishop CE, Visconti M (1998). Impact of Expedited Review under Certificate of Need for Home Health Services: Final Report to the State of New Jersey. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Garnick DW, Swartz K, Skwara KC (1998). Insurance Agents: Ignored Players in Health Insurance Reform. Health Affairs 17 (2): 137-143.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1998). The Impact of Hospital Conversions on the Healthcare Safety Net. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 189-206.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.
Isaacs SL, Beatrice DF, Carr W (1997). Health Care Conversion Foundations: A Status Report. Essay. Health Affairs 16 (6): 228-236.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1997). The Future Is Now: A Strategic Planning Guide to Help Aging Network Organizations Assess Options in Managed Care Environments. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Beatrice DF (1996). States and Health Care Reform: The Importance of Program Implementation. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 183-206.
Leutz W (1996). Learning from the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration: 1985-1996. Testimony before the Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, US House of Representatives. April 18.
Leutz W (1996). The Social HMO: Flexible Models to Enhance, Finance, and Integrate Services. In: Polisar D, ed. Financing LTC: A Secure Old Age. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 57-84.
Parente ST, Weiner JP, Garnick DW, Fowles J, Lawthers AG, Palmer RH (1996). Profiling Resource Use by Primary-Care Practices: Managed Medicare Implications. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 23-42.
Shactman D, Fishman A (1996). State Regulation of Health Industry Conversions From Not-For-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December 30.
Shactman D (1996). States Must Guard Charitable Assets - Commentary. Modern Healthcare 26 (47): 33.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Conversion of Hospitals From Not-for-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance. Compensation and Benefits Management 12 (2): 35-44.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Bhalotra S, Chilingerian JA, Glavin MPV, Ritter G, Hodgkin D (1996). Bringing Managed Care Incentives to Medicare's Fee-for-Service Sector. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 43-63.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Garnick DW, Chilingerian JA (1996). Physician Profiling in Group Practices. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 19 (4): 28-39.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M (1996). A Consumer Centered Framework for Assessing Assisted Living Effectiveness. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M, Leutz W, Prottas J (1996). A Consumer's Guide: Finding the Assisted Living Program for You. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.
 
Core Competency: Costs & Value
Topic: Cost, Cost-Effectiveness
Citation
 
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Martin TC, Ryan A (2007). Differences in Prescription Drug Use in HMO and Self-insured Health Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 64 (1): 98-116.
Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.
Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Charns M, Gittell JH (2005). Work Design. In: Shortell S, Kaluzny A, eds. Healthcare Management: Organizational Design and Behavior. Fifth ed. New York: Delmar Press.
Gittell JH, Briscoe F (2005). Physician Work: Greater Coordination and Increased Flexibility. Perspectives on Work 9 (2).
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Prottas J (2005). Costs, Charges and Medical Debt: What is the Real Goal? American Heart Hospitals Journal 3 (1): 39-45.
Shactman D (2005). Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Conters, and General Hospitals: Charting a Wise Public Policy Course; UpDate Conference Report. Health Affairs 24 (3): 868-873.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Gittell JH (2004). Achieving Focus in Hospital-Based Health Care: The Role of Relational Coordination. In: Herzlinger R, ed. Consumer Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Gittell JH, Weiss L (2004). Coordination Networks Within and Across Organizations: A Multi-Level Framework. Journal of Management Studies 41 (1): 127-153.
Gurewich D, Prottas J, Seifert B, Seager S (2004). Medical Debt and Consumer Credit Counseling Services. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 15 (3): 336-346.
Jacobs EA, Shepard DS, Suaya JA, Stone EL (2004). Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services. American Journal of Public Health 94 (5): 866-869.
Janssen I, Shepard DS, Katzmarzyk PT, Roubenoff R (2004). The Healthcare Costs of Sarcopenia in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52 (1): 80-85.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Wallack SS, Weinberg DB, Thomas CP (2004). Health Plans' Strategies to Control Prescription Drug Spending. Health Affairs 23 (6): 141-148.
Andrulis D, Duchon L, Pryor C, Goodman N (2003). Paying for Health Care when You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? Boston, MA: The Access Project Community Access Monitoring Survey (CAMS); January.
Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.
Capitman J (2003). Verve not ERVs for Care Planners - Editorial. The Gerontologist 43 (6): 806-807.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Gittell JH (2003). The Southwest Arilines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Gurewich D, Prottas J (2003). Lynn Community Access Project: Final Evaluation. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Gurewich D, Seifert B, Prottas J (2003). The Consequences of Medical Debt: Evidence from Three Communities. Waltham, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Pryor C, Seifert B, Gurewich D (2003). Medically-Related Debt: Do Public and Private Policies Contribute to the Problem? Boston, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for The Commonwealth Fund.
Pryor C, Seifert R, Gurewich D, Oblat L, Rosman B, Prottas J (2003). Unintended Consequences: How Federal Regulations and Hospital Policies Can Leave Patients in Debt. Boston, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; June.
Rosman BP (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Care Policy Options. Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 3.
Shactman D, Doonan M, Rosman B (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Thomas CP (2003). Incentive-Based Formularies - Perspectives. The New England Journal of Medicine 349 (23): 2186-2188.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Wallack SS, Tompkins CP (2003). Realigning Incentives in Fee-for-Service Medicare. Health Affairs 22 (4): 59-70.
Altman SH, Thomas CP (2002). Controlling Spending for Prescription Drugs - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 346 (11): 855-856.
Bishop CE, Gliden D, Blom J, Kubisiak J, Hakim R, Lee A, Garnick DW (2002). Medicare Spending for Injured Elders: Are There Opportunities for Savings? Health Affairs 21 (6): 215-223.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Gittell JH (2002). Coordinating Mechanisms in Care Provider Groups: Relational Coordination as a Mediator and Input Uncertainty as a Moderator of Performance Effects. Management Science 48 (11): 1408-1426.
Gittell JH (2002). Relationships between Service Providers and their Impact on Customers. Journal of Service Research 4 (4): 299-311.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
Mechanic RE (2002). Disease Management: A Promising Approach for Purchasers: Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Health Care Purchasing Institute; May.
Ritter G, Thomas CP, Wallack SS (2002). Greater Use of Generics: a Prescription for Drug Cost Savings. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (2002). Can Health Care Spending Be Contained? Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Shactman D, Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Mechanic RE (2001). Proactive Medical Management. Cambridge, MA: Forrester Research; April.
Shepard DS (2001). The Employer's Perspective - Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 85-86.
Thomas CP, Ritter G, Wallack SS (2001). Growth in Prescription Drug Spending among Insured Elders. Health Affairs 20 (5): 265-277.
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Ritter G (2001). Recent Trends in Prescription Drug Spending for Insured Individuals under 65 and Age 65 and Older. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July 30.
Access Project (1999). Using Data: A Guide for Community Health Activists. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE (1999). Efficiency of Home Care: Notes for an Economic Approach to Resource Allocation. Journal of Aging and Health 11 (3): 277-298.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
McDonough J (1999). Healthcare Policy: The Basics. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (1999). La Politica Del Cuidado de la Salud en Los Estados Unidos: Informacion Basica. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Ramos-Gomez FJ, Shepard DS (1999). Cost-Effectiveness Model for Prevention of Early Childhood Caries. Journal of the California Dental Association 27 (7): 539-544.
Shepard DS (1999). Book Review: Review of Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 2 (2): 91-92.
Bishop CE (1998). The Cost-Adjustment Factor in the Rate-Setting Method for Medicaid Nursing Home Facilities. Testimony before the Massachusetts Commission on Health Care Finance and Policy. December 29.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Shactman D (1998). The Role of Regulation in a Market Oriented Health Care System. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fifth Princeton Conference; July 30.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.
Barona BZ, Becerra V.H., Robertson RL, Shepard DS (1997). Costos de un Programa de Atención Primaria de Salud Basado en Voluntarias. Colombia Médica 28 (2).
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Brown R, Phillips B, Bishop CE, Thornton C, Ritter G, Klein A, Schochet P, Skwara KC (1997). The Effects of Predetermined Payment Rates for Medicare Home Health Care. Health Services Research 32 (4): 397-414.
Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.
Cohen M, Nandakumar N (1997). The Changing face of Long Term Care Insurance in 1994: Profiles and Innovations in a Dynamic Market. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 34 (1): 50-61.
Robertson RL, Barona BZ, Becerra VH, Shepard DS, Becerra J, Bongiovanni A, Essayan V (1997). Un Programa De Atención Primaria En Salud Basado En Voluntarias En Cali: Metas Vs. Realidades. Colombia Médica 28 (4): 167-176.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Hospital Conversions and Uncompensated Care - Letter. Health Affairs 16 (3): 270-271.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Bishop CE, Wallack SS (1996). National Health Expenditure Limits: The Case for a Global Budget Process. Milbank Quarterly 74 (3): 361-376.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1996). The Home Health Visit: an Appropriate Unit for Medicare Payment? Health Affairs 15 (4): 145-55.
Capitman J, Yee DL (1996). Should Family Members be Paid to Provide Care to Elderly Persons? In: Scharlach AE, Kaye LE, eds. Controversial Issues in Aging. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Comstock CB, Pryor DB (1996). A Guide to Using Administrative Data for Medical Effectiveness Research. The Journal of Outcomes Management 3 (1): 18-23.
Parente ST, Weiner JP, Garnick DW, Fowles J, Lawthers AG, Palmer RH (1996). Profiling Resource Use by Primary-Care Practices: Managed Medicare Implications. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 23-42.
Shactman D, Fishman A (1996). State Regulation of Health Industry Conversions From Not-For-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December 30.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Conversion of Hospitals From Not-for-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Bhalotra S, Chilingerian JA, Glavin MPV, Ritter G, Hodgkin D (1996). Bringing Managed Care Incentives to Medicare's Fee-for-Service Sector. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 43-63.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
Wallack SS, Skwara KC, Cai J (1996). Redefining Rate Regulation in a Competitive Environment. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 21 (3): 489-510.
 
Topic: Costs, Spending
Citation
 
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Martin TC, Ryan A (2007). Differences in Prescription Drug Use in HMO and Self-insured Health Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 64 (1): 98-116.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2006). Could U.S. Hospitals Go the Way of U.S. Airlines? Health Affairs 25 (1): 11-21.
Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.
Mongan J, Mechanic R, Lee T (2006). Transforming U.S. Health Care: Policy Challenges Affecting the Integration and Improvement of Care. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution; December.
Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Charns M, Gittell JH (2005). Work Design. In: Shortell S, Kaluzny A, eds. Healthcare Management: Organizational Design and Behavior. Fifth ed. New York: Delmar Press.
Gittell JH, Briscoe F (2005). Physician Work: Greater Coordination and Increased Flexibility. Perspectives on Work 9 (2).
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Prottas J (2005). Costs, Charges and Medical Debt: What is the Real Goal? American Heart Hospitals Journal 3 (1): 39-45.
Shactman D (2005). Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Conters, and General Hospitals: Charting a Wise Public Policy Course; UpDate Conference Report. Health Affairs 24 (3): 868-873.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Altman SH, Shactman D (2004). More Beds for Boomers: A Top 10 List of Reasons Why Hospitals Will Continue to Expand Capacity. Modern Healthcare 34 (10): 32.
Altman SH, Shactman D, Eilat E (2004). The Outlook for U.S. Hospitals: Forces Driving Spending Growth and Revenue Constraints and Their Implications for Israel. In: Ofer G, ed. The Future Hospital Workshop Report. Tiberias, 31-54.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Gittell JH (2004). Achieving Focus in Hospital-Based Health Care: The Role of Relational Coordination. In: Herzlinger R, ed. Consumer Driven Health Care: Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policy-Makers. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Gittell JH, Weiss L (2004). Coordination Networks Within and Across Organizations: A Multi-Level Framework. Journal of Management Studies 41 (1): 127-153.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Gittell JH (2003). The Southwest Arilines Way: Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Gittell JH (2002). Coordinating Mechanisms in Care Provider Groups: Relational Coordination as a Mediator and Input Uncertainty as a Moderator of Performance Effects. Management Science 48 (11): 1408-1426.
Gittell JH (2002). Relationships between Service Providers and their Impact on Customers. Journal of Service Research 4 (4): 299-311.
Shactman D (2002). Can Health Care Spending Be Contained? Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Shactman D, Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Bishop CE (1998). Health Cost Containment: What it Will Mean for Workers and Local Economies. Public Health Reports 113 (3): 204-13.
Bishop CE (1998). The Cost-Adjustment Factor in the Rate-Setting Method for Medicaid Nursing Home Facilities. Testimony before the Massachusetts Commission on Health Care Finance and Policy. December 29.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila LJ (1998). Differences in Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures between Blacks and Whites in the Georgia Medicaid Population. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35 (1): 78-87.
Long L (1998). Medicare in Massachusetts: The Impact of the 1997 Balanced Budget Agreement. Issue Brief No. 2. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum , Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July. No. 2.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.
Altman SH, Shactman D (1997). Should We Worry About Hospitals' High Administrative Costs? - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 336 (11): 798-799.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Hospital Conversions and Uncompensated Care - Letter. Health Affairs 16 (3): 270-271.
Altman SH, Wallack SS (1996). Health Care Spending: Can the United States Control It? In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 1-32.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Bishop CE, Altman SH, Shactman D (1996). Effects on Employment of a Deceleration in Health Spending. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Council on the Economic Impact of Health Care Reform.
Bishop CE, Wallack SS (1996). National Health Expenditure Limits: The Case for a Global Budget Process. Milbank Quarterly 74 (3): 361-376.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1996). The Home Health Visit: an Appropriate Unit for Medicare Payment? Health Affairs 15 (4): 145-55.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila L (1996). Utilization and Expenditures for Prescription Drugs in Eight State Medicaid Programs. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the U.S. Healthcare Financing Administration; February 26.
Parente ST, Weiner JP, Garnick DW, Fowles J, Lawthers AG, Palmer RH (1996). Profiling Resource Use by Primary-Care Practices: Managed Medicare Implications. Health Care Financing Review 17 (4): 23-42.
Shactman D, Fishman A (1996). State Regulation of Health Industry Conversions From Not-For-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December 30.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Decline in Employment Based Health Insurance. Compensation and Benefits Management 12 (2): 35-44.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
Wallack SS, Skwara KC, Cai J (1996). Redefining Rate Regulation in a Competitive Environment. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 21 (3): 489-510.
 
Core Competency: Quality
Topic: Quality & Performance Measures
Citation
 
Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.
Weinberg DB, Gittell JH, Lusenhop RW, Kautz CM, Wright J (2007). Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes for Surgical Patients. Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 7-24.
Mechanic RE, Baker CD, Lee TH (2006). Solutions for Massachusetts Healthcare: 2006. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Business Roundtable; December.
Mongan J, Mechanic R, Lee T (2006). Transforming U.S. Health Care: Policy Challenges Affecting the Integration and Improvement of Care. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution; December.
Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife (edited by OG Brim, CD Ryff, RC Kessler). The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (23): 2460-2461.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Keepnews D, Capitman JA, Rosati RJ (2004). Measuring Patient-Level Clinical Outcomes of Home Health Care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 36 (1): 79-85.
Mechanic RE (2004). Will Care Management Improve the Value of U.S. Healthcare? Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May 20.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.
Capitman J (2003). Verve not ERVs for Care Planners - Editorial. The Gerontologist 43 (6): 806-807.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Fischer LR, Green CA, Goodman MJ, Brody KK, Aickin M, Wei F, Phelps LW, Leutz W (2003). Community-Based Care and Risk of Nursing Home Placement. Medical Care 41 (12): 1407-1416.
Gurewich D, Prottas J (2003). Lynn Community Access Project: Final Evaluation. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Gurewich D, Seifert B, Prottas J (2003). The Consequences of Medical Debt: Evidence from Three Communities. Waltham, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
McDonough J, Hager CL (2003). The Health of Greater Boston at the Crossroads: Welcome to the New Millenium. Cambridge, MA: The Press at the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, JFK School of Government, Harvard University.
Rosman BP (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Care Policy Options. Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 3.
Shactman D, Doonan M, Rosman B (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Weinberg DB (2003). Code Green: Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Doonan M (2002). Common Health for the Commonwealth: Massachusetts Trends in the Determinants of Health. Report. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Council, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April.
Green CA, Capitman J, Leutz W (2002). Expanded Care and Quality of Life Among Elderly Social HMO Members. Journal of Applied Gerontology 21 (3): 333-351.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Ruwe M, Ching VN, Flaherty-Robb M, McKenzie M, Percy P, Lee W (2002). Caregiver Education and Support: Results of a Multi-Site Pilot in an HMO. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 21 (4): 49-72.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.
Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.
Lane SG, Longstreth E, Nixon V (2001). A Community Leader's Guide to Hospital Finance: Evaluating How a Hospital Gets and Spends Its Money. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Green C (2001). A Limited Entitlement for Community Care; How Members Use Services. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (3): 43-64.
Robbins CJ, Bradley EH, Spicer M (2001). Developing Leadership in Healthcare Administration: A Competency Assessment Tool. Journal of Healthcare Management 46 (3): 188-202.
Rosenstein A (2001). Evaluation of the Impact of Asthma Action Plans. Boston, MA: The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative (NEPHMCC).
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
Access Project (2000). A Selection of Essential Data Sources. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Chilingerian JA (2000). Evaluating Quality Outcomes Against Best Practice: A New Frontier. In: Kimberly JR, Minveille E, eds. The Quality Imperative: Measurement and Management of Quality in Healthcare. London: Imperial College Press, 141-167.
Gittell JH, Fairfield K, Bierbaum B, Head W, Jackson R, Kelly M, Laskin R, Lipson S, Siliski J, Thornhill T, Zuckerman J (2000). Impact of Relational Coordination on Quality of Care, Post-Operative Pain and Functioning, and Length of Stay: A Nine Hospital Study of Surgical Patients. Medical Care 38 (8): 807-819.
McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.
McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.
Seto N, Weiskopf BK (2000). Community Benefits: The Need for Action, an Opportunity for Action and Healthcare Change. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.
Access Project (1999). Using Data: A Guide for Community Health Activists. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.
Sherry ST, Marlow A (1999). Getting the Lay of the Land on Health: A Guide for Using Interviews to Gather Information. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Socholitzky E, Turnbull N (1999). How Many Uninsured? A Resource Guide for Community-Level Estimates. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Can Adverse Selection be Avoided in a Market for Individual Health Insurance? Medical Care Research and Review 56 (3): 373-388.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.
Yee DL, Capitman JA, Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1999). Resident Centered Care in Assisted Living Programs. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (3): 7-26.
Beatrice DF, Thomas CP, Biles B (1998). Grant-making with an Impact: The Commonwealth Fund Patient-Centered Care Program. Health Affairs 17 (1): 236-244.
Glavin MPV, Chilingerian JA (1998). Hospital Care Production and Medical Errors: Organizational Responses to Improve Care. Current Topics in Management. Vol 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 193-215.
Schulman S, Brunton S, Shepard DS, Jacobs RP, Gerstenblith G, Wilson M, Wagner SL (1998). The Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Study: Implications for Hypertension Management and the J-Shape Curve. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12): S733-S740.
Shactman D (1998). The Role of Regulation in a Market Oriented Health Care System. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fifth Princeton Conference; July 30.
Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Brown R, Phillips B, Bishop CE, Thornton C, Ritter G, Klein A, Schochet P, Skwara KC (1997). The Effects of Predetermined Payment Rates for Medicare Home Health Care. Health Services Research 32 (4): 397-414.
Capitman J, Abrahams R, Ritter G (1997). Measuring the Adequacy of Home Care for Frail Elders. The Gerontologist 37 (3): 303-313.
Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M, Capitman J (1997). Client-Centered Case Management: A Survey of State Programs. Journal of Case Management 6 (1): 18-23.
Yee DL (1997). Can Long-Term Care Assessments Be Culturally Responsive? Generations XXI (1): 25-29.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Comstock CB, Pryor DB (1996). A Guide to Using Administrative Data for Medical Effectiveness Research. The Journal of Outcomes Management 3 (1): 18-23.
Hodgkin D (1996). Specialized Service Offerings and Patients' Choice of Hospital: The Case of Cardiac Catheterization. Journal of Health Economics 15 (3): 305-322.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Conversion of Hospitals From Not-for-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Garnick DW, Chilingerian JA (1996). Physician Profiling in Group Practices. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 19 (4): 28-39.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
Wastila LJ, Bishop CE (1996). The Influence of Multiple Copy Prescription Programs on Analgesic Utilization. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control 4 (3).
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M (1996). A Consumer Centered Framework for Assessing Assisted Living Effectiveness. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M, Leutz W, Prottas J (1996). A Consumer's Guide: Finding the Assisted Living Program for You. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.
 
Topic: Access
Citation
 
Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.
Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.
Thrivikraman J, Shepard DS, Bail RN, Kagubare J, Kanyange AR (2006). Managing Antiviral Treatment with a National Communications Network in Rwanda: Costs, Enhancements, and Sustainability of TRACnet. Rwanda Medical Journal 65 (1): 15-22.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (by P Farmer). Psychiatric Services 55 (8): 950.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Jacobs EA, Shepard DS, Suaya JA, Stone EL (2004). Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services. American Journal of Public Health 94 (5): 866-869.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Gurewich D, Prottas J, Leutz W (2003). The Effect of Hospital Ownership Conversions on Nonacute Care Providers. Milbank Quarterly 81 (4): 543-565.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Access Project (2002). What a Difference an Interpreter Can Make: Health Care Experiences of Uninsured with Limited English Proficiency. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.
Pryor C (2002). Health Care Access Issues in Palm Beach County. Boston, MA: The Access Project for the Quantum Foundation.
Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.
Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Green C (2001). A Limited Entitlement for Community Care; How Members Use Services. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (3): 43-64.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Illinois). Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to New Jersey). Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network.
Shepard DS (2001). The Employer's Perspective - Editorial. American Journal of Managed Care 7 (1): 85-86.
The Texas Health Access Project (2001). Random Access: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net: Reports from the Communities. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Texas Health Access Project; March.
Access Project (2000). Developing a Community-Based Response to Healthcare Issues: A Framework for Planning and Action. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst, The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Defending Community Benefits in a Changing Healthcare World. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Using Risk Factors to Assess Health Care Access in a Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). The Marion and Polk Counties Health Access Monitoring Project: A Report on Health Access for the Underserved Populations of Marion and Polk Counties. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Oregon Health Action Campaign.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
McDonough J (2000). Experiencing Politics: A Legislator's Stories of Government and Health Care. Vol 2. Berkley: University of California Press.
McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.
Moran T (2000). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Massachusetts). Boston, MA: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The Access Project.
Pryor C (2000). Lives at Risk: Nearly Half Million Without Health Insurance in Miami-Dade County. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D, Altman SH (2000). The United States Confronts the Policy Dilemmas of an Aging Society. Health Affairs 19 (3): 252-258.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shactman D, eds. (1999). Regulating Managed Care: Theory, Practice, and Future Options. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change.
Bishop CE, Kerwin J, Wallack SS (1999). The Medicare Home Health Benefit: Implications of Recent Payment Changes. Care Management Journals 1 (3): 189-196.
Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.
Capitman J, Prottas J (1999). Action Where it Counts: Communities Responding to the Challenge of Health Care for the Uninsured. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Garnick DW, Swartz K (1999). Meeting Information Needs: Lessons Learned from New Jersey's Individual Health Insurance Reform Program. Medical Care Research and Review 56 (4): 456-470.
Leutz W (1999). Five Laws for Integrating Acute and Long-term Care. Milbank Quarterly 77 (1): 77-110.
McCarty D, Levine HJ (1999). Needs of People with Chronic and Disabling Conditions. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low Income Americans. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 61-71.
McDonough J (1999). Healthcare Policy: The Basics. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (1999). La Politica Del Cuidado de la Salud en Los Estados Unidos: Informacion Basica. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Meredith JC, Dunham CM (1999). Real Clout. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Seifert R, Turnbull N (1999). An Advocate's Guide to the Private Health Insurance Market. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Sherry ST, Marlow A (1999). Getting the Lay of the Land on Health: A Guide for Using Interviews to Gather Information. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Siefert R, Sokol K (1999). The Uninsured in Illinois and Chicago: Close to 2 Million Face Barriers to Heatlh Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Socholitzky E, Turnbull N (1999). How Many Uninsured? A Resource Guide for Community-Level Estimates. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Standley A, Prottas J (1999). Ecu-Health Care: An Ecumenically Sponsored Medical Program in North Adams, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (1999). Hidden Assets: Health Insurance Reform in New Jersey. Health Affairs 18 (4): 180-187.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.
Bishop CE, Visconti M (1998). Impact of Expedited Review under Certificate of Need for Home Health Services: Final Report to the State of New Jersey. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila LJ (1998). Differences in Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures between Blacks and Whites in the Georgia Medicaid Population. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35 (1): 78-87.
Shactman D (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Testimony before the Labor and Human Resources Committee, United States Senate. June 25.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1998). The Impact of Hospital Conversions on the Healthcare Safety Net. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 189-206.
Shactman D (1998). The Role of Regulation in a Market Oriented Health Care System. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Fifth Princeton Conference; July 30.
Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Claxton G, Feder J, Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Public Policy Issues in Nonprofit Conversions: An Overview. Health Affairs 16 (2): 9-28.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M, Capitman J (1997). Client-Centered Case Management: A Survey of State Programs. Journal of Case Management 6 (1): 18-23.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Bishop CE, Altman SH, Shactman D (1996). Effects on Employment of a Deceleration in Health Spending. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Council on the Economic Impact of Health Care Reform.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1996). The Conversion of Hospitals From Not-for-Profit to For-Profit Status. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.
 
Topic: Clinical Guidelines
Citation
 
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
Glavin MPV, Chilingerian JA (1998). Hospital Care Production and Medical Errors: Organizational Responses to Improve Care. Current Topics in Management. Vol 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 193-215.
Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
 
Topic: Outcomes
Citation
 
Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.
Weinberg DB, Gittell JH, Lusenhop RW, Kautz CM, Wright J (2007). Beyond Our Walls: Impact of Patient and Provider Coordination across the Continuum on Outcomes for Surgical Patients. Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 7-24.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Lewis KK (2005). Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: Research and Reality. Issue Brief No. 25. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, and Health Care for All, Citizens Programs Corporation; March 30. No. 25.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Jacobs EA, Shepard DS, Suaya JA, Stone EL (2004). Overcoming Language Barriers in Health Care: Costs and Benefits of Interpreter Services. American Journal of Public Health 94 (5): 866-869.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Doonan M, Shactman D, Altman SH (2003). Regional Disparities in Health Spending: Implications for the Private Market and Medicare. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Rosman BP (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis: Health Care Policy Options. Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 3.
Shactman D, Doonan M, Rosman B (2003). Medical Malpractice in Crisis. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Gittell JH, Fairfield K, Bierbaum B, Head W, Jackson R, Kelly M, Laskin R, Lipson S, Siliski J, Thornhill T, Zuckerman J (2000). Impact of Relational Coordination on Quality of Care, Post-Operative Pain and Functioning, and Length of Stay: A Nine Hospital Study of Surgical Patients. Medical Care 38 (8): 807-819.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Schulman S, Brunton S, Shepard DS, Jacobs RP, Gerstenblith G, Wilson M, Wagner SL (1998). The Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Study: Implications for Hypertension Management and the J-Shape Curve. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12): S733-S740.
Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.
Capitman J, Abrahams R, Ritter G (1997). Measuring the Adequacy of Home Care for Frail Elders. The Gerontologist 37 (3): 303-313.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
Bishop CE, Altman SH, Shactman D (1996). Effects on Employment of a Deceleration in Health Spending. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Council on the Economic Impact of Health Care Reform.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1996). The Home Health Visit: an Appropriate Unit for Medicare Payment? Health Affairs 15 (4): 145-55.
 
Core Competency: High Risk & Costly Populations
Topic: Diseases
Citation
 
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor (by P Farmer). Psychiatric Services 55 (8): 950.
Chilingerian JA (2004). Clinical Focus in Health Care. Report. Washington DC: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September 10.
Janssen I, Shepard DS, Katzmarzyk PT, Roubenoff R (2004). The Healthcare Costs of Sarcopenia in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52 (1): 80-85.
Mechanic RE (2004). Will Care Management Improve the Value of U.S. Healthcare? Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May 20.
Bishop CE (2003). Chronic and Long-term Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability. In: Blumenthal D, Moon M, Warshawsky M, Boccuti C, eds. Long-term Care and Medicare Policy: Can We Improve the continuity of Care? Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance, 12-39.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Calderon-Rosado V, et al. (2002). CMS Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration in Ethnic and Racial Minorities. Waltham, MA: Heller School, Brandeis University.
Mechanic RE (2002). Disease Management: A Promising Approach for Purchasers: Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Health Care Purchasing Institute; May.
Mechanic RE (2001). Proactive Medical Management. Cambridge, MA: Forrester Research; April.
Rosenstein A (2001). Evaluation of the Impact of Asthma Action Plans. Boston, MA: The New England Public Health and Managed Care Collaborative (NEPHMCC).
Goodridge LJ, Capitman J (2000). Adolescents at Risk for HIV Infection. In: Lynch VJ, ed. HIV/AIDS at Year 2000: A Source Book for Social Workers. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 123-137.
Prottas J (2000). Rationing Human Organs for Transplant. In: Finkelstein N, ed. Transparency in Public Policy: Great Britain and the United States. New York, NY: St. Martin Press, 70-92.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Tompkins CP, Bhalotra S, Trisolini M (1999). Applying Disease Management Strategies to Medicare. Milbank Quarterly 77 (4): 461-484.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.
Hodgkin D (1996). Specialized Service Offerings and Patients' Choice of Hospital: The Case of Cardiac Catheterization. Journal of Health Economics 15 (3): 305-322.
 
Topic: Physical & Mental Disabilities
Citation
 
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Martin TC, Ryan A (2007). Differences in Prescription Drug Use in HMO and Self-insured Health Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 64 (1): 98-116.
Altman SH, Shactman D (2004). More Beds for Boomers: A Top 10 List of Reasons Why Hospitals Will Continue to Expand Capacity. Modern Healthcare 34 (10): 32.
Keepnews D, Capitman JA, Rosati RJ (2004). Measuring Patient-Level Clinical Outcomes of Home Health Care. Journal of Nursing Scholarship 36 (1): 79-85.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Bishop CE (2003). Chronic and Long-term Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability. In: Blumenthal D, Moon M, Warshawsky M, Boccuti C, eds. Long-term Care and Medicare Policy: Can We Improve the continuity of Care? Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance, 12-39.
Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Ruwe M, Ching VN, Flaherty-Robb M, McKenzie M, Percy P, Lee W (2002). Caregiver Education and Support: Results of a Multi-Site Pilot in an HMO. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 21 (4): 49-72.
Wallack SS, Sciegaj M, Long L (2002). Short and Intermediate Term Trends Affecting Medicaid Policy for Persons with Disability, Chronic Illness, and Special Needs. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 12 (4): 236-242.
Leutz W (1999). Five Laws for Integrating Acute and Long-term Care. Milbank Quarterly 77 (1): 77-110.
Levine HJ (1999). Design of a Methodology for a Survey of Disability Applicants and Non-Applicants: Final Report to the Social Security Administration. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
McCarty D, Levine HJ (1999). Needs of People with Chronic and Disabling Conditions. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low Income Americans. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 61-71.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Hodgkin D, Drainoni ML (1997). Choice of Managed Care Plan Type among Medicaid Recipients with Disabilities. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; March 21.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Edwards J (1996). Including People with Disabilities in Managed Care: Issues and Challenges. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University and National Academy for State Heatlh Policy, Portland Maine; December 11.
Levine HJ, Strickler G, Watson K, Drainoni ML, Beatrice DF (1996). Profile of Adult SSI and SSDI Beneficiatires with Disabilities: The Kaiser Consumer Survey. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; February 7.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M (1996). A Consumer Centered Framework for Assessing Assisted Living Effectiveness. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M, Leutz W, Prottas J (1996). A Consumer's Guide: Finding the Assisted Living Program for You. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
 
Topic: Elders
Citation
 
Leutz W, Capitman J (2007). Met Needs, Unmet Needs, and Satisfaction among Social HMO Members. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 19 (1): 1-19.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Altman SH, Shactman D (2004). More Beds for Boomers: A Top 10 List of Reasons Why Hospitals Will Continue to Expand Capacity. Modern Healthcare 34 (10): 32.
Janssen I, Shepard DS, Katzmarzyk PT, Roubenoff R (2004). The Healthcare Costs of Sarcopenia in the United States. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52 (1): 80-85.
Leutz W, Rethmeier K (2004). Strategic Planning Guide (online only). University of Southern Maine. Available at: http://www.partnershipsforolderadults.org/resources/levelone.aspx?sectionGUID=753922c9-ded1-4921-82cc-b087db71bc8c.
Sciegaj M, Capitman JA, Kyriacou CK (2004). Consumer-Directed Community Care: Race, Ethnicity and Individual Differences in Preferences for Control. The Gerontologist 44 (4): 489-499.
Shactman D (2004). Managing Cost and Quality Through the Health Care Delivery System. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July.
Bishop CE (2003). Chronic and Long-term Care Needs of Elders and Persons with Disability. In: Blumenthal D, Moon M, Warshawsky M, Boccuti C, eds. Long-term Care and Medicare Policy: Can We Improve the continuity of Care? Washington, DC: National Academy of Social Insurance, 12-39.
Capitman J (2003). Effective Coordination of Medical and Supportive Services. Journal of Aging and Health 15 (1): 124-164.
Capitman J (2003). Verve not ERVs for Care Planners - Editorial. The Gerontologist 43 (6): 806-807.
Fischer LR, Green CA, Goodman MJ, Brody KK, Aickin M, Wei F, Phelps LW, Leutz W (2003). Community-Based Care and Risk of Nursing Home Placement. Medical Care 41 (12): 1407-1416.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Leutz W, Ford T, Leung M, Mueller M, Nonnenkamp L, Newcomer R (2003). Medicare Managed Care and Frail Elders: Lessons From Social HMOs. Care Management Journals 4 (3): 161-169.
Newcomer R, Leutz W (2003). Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Health Care for Older Adults. In: Vitt LA, ed. Encyclopedia of Retirement and Finance. Vol 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 358-362.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Eilat E, Thorpe KE, Doonan M (2003). The Outlook for Hospital Spending. Health Affairs 22 (6): 12-26.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Altman SH, Thomas CP (2002). Controlling Spending for Prescription Drugs - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 346 (11): 855-856.
Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Bishop CE, Gliden D, Blom J, Kubisiak J, Hakim R, Lee A, Garnick DW (2002). Medicare Spending for Injured Elders: Are There Opportunities for Savings? Health Affairs 21 (6): 215-223.
Capitman J (2002). Defining Diversity: A Primer and a Review. Generations-Journal of the American Society on Aging 26 (3): 8-14.
Green CA, Capitman J, Leutz W (2002). Expanded Care and Quality of Life Among Elderly Social HMO Members. Journal of Applied Gerontology 21 (3): 333-351.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Ruwe M, Ching VN, Flaherty-Robb M, McKenzie M, Percy P, Lee W (2002). Caregiver Education and Support: Results of a Multi-Site Pilot in an HMO. Home Health Care Services Quarterly 21 (4): 49-72.
Leutz W, Greenlick M, Nonenkamp L, della Penna R (2002). Kaiser Permanente's Manifesto 2005 Demonstration: the Promises and Limits of Devolution. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 14 (3/4): 233-244.
Bhalotra S, Mutschler P (2001). Primary Prevention for Older Adults: No Longer a Paradox. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (2): 5-22.
Leutz W, Capitman J, Green C (2001). A Limited Entitlement for Community Care; How Members Use Services. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 12 (3): 43-64.
Thomas CP, Ritter G, Wallack SS (2001). Growth in Prescription Drug Spending among Insured Elders. Health Affairs 20 (5): 265-277.
Leutz W (2000). Innovations in Care for the Elderly: A Congressional Resource Guide on Social HMOs. Waltham, MA: The Social HMO Consortium / Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Shactman D, Altman SH (2000). The United States Confronts the Policy Dilemmas of an Aging Society. Health Affairs 19 (3): 252-258.
Bishop CE (1999). Efficiency of Home Care: Notes for an Economic Approach to Resource Allocation. Journal of Aging and Health 11 (3): 277-298.
Bishop CE (1999). Where Are the Missing Elders? The Decline in Nursing Home Use, 1985 and 1995. Health Affairs 18 (4): 146-55.
Leutz W (1999). Five Laws for Integrating Acute and Long-term Care. Milbank Quarterly 77 (1): 77-110.
Leutz W (1999). Policy Choices for Medicaid and Medicare Waivers. The Gerontologist 39 (1): 86-93.
Levine HJ (1999). Design of a Methodology for a Survey of Disability Applicants and Non-Applicants: Final Report to the Social Security Administration. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Yee DL, Capitman JA, Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1999). Resident Centered Care in Assisted Living Programs. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (3): 7-26.
Bishop CE, Visconti M (1998). Impact of Expedited Review under Certificate of Need for Home Health Services: Final Report to the State of New Jersey. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Bishop CE (1998). The Cost-Adjustment Factor in the Rate-Setting Method for Medicaid Nursing Home Facilities. Testimony before the Massachusetts Commission on Health Care Finance and Policy. December 29.
Fischer LR, Leutz W, von Sternbert TL, Ripley J (1998). The Closing of a Social HMO: A Case Study. Journal of Aging and Social Policy 10 (1): 57-75.
Leutz W (1998). Medicare, Long-Term Care, and Social HMO's. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July 20.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Capitman J, Abrahams R, Ritter G (1997). Measuring the Adequacy of Home Care for Frail Elders. The Gerontologist 37 (3): 303-313.
Cohen M, Nandakumar N (1997). The Changing face of Long Term Care Insurance in 1994: Profiles and Innovations in a Dynamic Market. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 34 (1): 50-61.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M, Capitman J (1997). Client-Centered Case Management: A Survey of State Programs. Journal of Case Management 6 (1): 18-23.
Leutz W, Sciegaj M (1997). The Future Is Now: A Strategic Planning Guide to Help Aging Network Organizations Assess Options in Managed Care Environments. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Capitman J, Yee DL (1996). Should Family Members be Paid to Provide Care to Elderly Persons? In: Scharlach AE, Kaye LE, eds. Controversial Issues in Aging. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Leutz W (1996). Learning from the Social Health Maintenance Organization Demonstration: 1985-1996. Testimony before the Health Subcommittee, Ways and Means Committee, US House of Representatives. April 18.
Leutz W (1996). The Social HMO: Flexible Models to Enhance, Finance, and Integrate Services. In: Polisar D, ed. Financing LTC: A Secure Old Age. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 57-84.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M (1996). A Consumer Centered Framework for Assessing Assisted Living Effectiveness. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J, Sciegaj M, Leutz W, Prottas J (1996). A Consumer's Guide: Finding the Assisted Living Program for You. Waltham, MA: National Resource Center: Diversity and Long-Term Care, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.
 
Topic: Special Populations
Citation
 
Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife (edited by OG Brim, CD Ryff, RC Kessler). The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (23): 2460-2461.
Unruh J, Hodgkin D (2004). The Role of Contract Design in Privatization of Child Welfare Services: the Kansas Experience. Children and Youth Services Review 26 (8): 771-783.
Leutz W, Greenlick MR, Nonnenkamp L (2003). Linking Medical Care and Community Services: Practical Models for Bridging the Gap. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Capitman J (2002). Defining Diversity: A Primer and a Review. Generations-Journal of the American Society on Aging 26 (3): 8-14.
Doonan M (2002). The Miami Dade County Immigrant Health Access Task Force: Access to Public Health Trust Services: Success and Challenges. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Shactman D, Doonan M (2002). Reimagining Medicaid. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Illinois). Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to New Jersey). Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network.
The Texas Health Access Project (2001). Random Access: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net: Reports from the Communities. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Texas Health Access Project; March.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Using Risk Factors to Assess Health Care Access in a Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). The Marion and Polk Counties Health Access Monitoring Project: A Report on Health Access for the Underserved Populations of Marion and Polk Counties. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Oregon Health Action Campaign.
Goodridge LJ, Capitman J (2000). Adolescents at Risk for HIV Infection. In: Lynch VJ, ed. HIV/AIDS at Year 2000: A Source Book for Social Workers. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 123-137.
McDonough J (2000). Health Care Jitters: The Current Crisis Is More Manageable than It Seems. Commonwealth: Politics, Ideas, and Civic Life in Massachusetts 5 (3): 7-9.
Moran T (2000). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Massachusetts). Boston, MA: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The Access Project.
Access Project (1999). Fact Sheet: The Free Care Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Capitman J, Prottas J (1999). Action Where it Counts: Communities Responding to the Challenge of Health Care for the Uninsured. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Levine HJ (1999). Design of a Methodology for a Survey of Disability Applicants and Non-Applicants: Final Report to the Social Security Administration. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Ramos-Gomez FJ, Shepard DS (1999). Cost-Effectiveness Model for Prevention of Early Childhood Caries. Journal of the California Dental Association 27 (7): 539-544.
Standley A, Prottas J (1999). Ecu-Health Care: An Ecumenically Sponsored Medical Program in North Adams, Massachusetts. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Bishop CE (1998). The Cost-Adjustment Factor in the Rate-Setting Method for Medicaid Nursing Home Facilities. Testimony before the Massachusetts Commission on Health Care Finance and Policy. December 29.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila LJ (1998). Differences in Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures between Blacks and Whites in the Georgia Medicaid Population. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35 (1): 78-87.
Leutz W (1998). Medicare, Long-Term Care, and Social HMO's. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July 20.
Shactman D (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Testimony before the Labor and Human Resources Committee, United States Senate. June 25.
Tompkins CP, Wallack SS, Skwara KC (1998). The Road Ahead for Medicare Managed Care: Addressing the Needs of the Chronically Ill. Journal of Long-Term Home Health Care 17 (2): 11-20.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Bishop CE, Brown RS, Phillips B, Ritter G, Skwara KC (1997). An Interim Solution for Medicare Home Health Payment - Response. Health Affairs 16 (2): 262-263.
Hodgkin D, Drainoni ML (1997). Choice of Managed Care Plan Type among Medicaid Recipients with Disabilities. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; March 21.
Yee DL (1997). Can Long-Term Care Assessments Be Culturally Responsive? Generations XXI (1): 25-29.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
Yee DL, Capitman J (1996). Health Care Access, Health Promotion, and Older Women of Color. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 7 (3): 252-272.
 
Topic: Uninsured, Underinsured
Citation
 
Altman SH, Doonan M (2006). Can Massachusetts Lead the Way in Health Care Reform? New England Journal of Medicine 354 (20): 2093-2095.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Mechanic RE, Quigly K, Seifert R, Turnbull N (2005). MassHealth: It's Good for Business: Ten Facts the Employer Community Should Know About the Massachusetts Medicaid Program. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute; June.
Doonan M, Shactman D (2004). Health Insurance Expansions, 2004: Examining the Options. Policy Brief. Waltham, MA: Council on Health Care Economics and Policy, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January.
Mechanic RE (2004). Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital Program: Complex Structure -- Critical Payments: Background Paper. Washington, DC: National Health Policy Forum; September.
Pryor C, Gurewich D (2004). Getting Care but Paying the Price: How Medical Debt Leaves Many in Massachusetts Facing Tough Choices. Waltham, MA: The Access Project and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts; February.
Andrulis D, Duchon L, Pryor C, Goodman N (2003). Paying for Health Care when You're Uninsured: How Much Support Does the Safety Net Offer? Boston, MA: The Access Project Community Access Monitoring Survey (CAMS); January.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Access Project (2002). Immigrant Access to Health Benefits: A Resource Manual: Updated. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The National Law Program; January.
Access Project (2002). What a Difference an Interpreter Can Make: Health Care Experiences of Uninsured with Limited English Proficiency. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Altman SH, Thomas CP (2002). Controlling Spending for Prescription Drugs - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 346 (11): 855-856.
Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Doonan M (2002). The Miami Dade County Immigrant Health Access Task Force: Access to Public Health Trust Services: Success and Challenges. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst and The Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May.
Pryor C (2002). Health Care Access Issues in Palm Beach County. Boston, MA: The Access Project for the Quantum Foundation.
Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (2002). Utilization and Overcrowding of Hospital Emergency Departments. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Borden K, Haney M, Hodin RM, Shellenberger K (2001). Don't Lien on Me: Why the State's Medical Indigency is Unhealthy for Idahoans. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Community Catalyst, in collaboration with the Northwest Federation of Community Organizations, Idaho Community Action Network.
Davis AC, Hager CL (2001). Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: Opportunities and Challenges for the Commonwealth. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February. Issue Brief No. 11.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Illinois). Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Moran T (2001). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to New Jersey). Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The New Jersey Immigration Policy Network.
The Texas Health Access Project (2001). Random Access: Holes in the Health Care Safety Net: Reports from the Communities. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Texas Health Access Project; March.
Access Project (2000). A Healthcare Safety Net in Tatters: Hospital Free Care in the District of Columbia. Boston, MA: Community Catalyst and Health Care Now, The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). Fact Sheet: Using Risk Factors to Assess Health Care Access in a Community. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Access Project (2000). The Marion and Polk Counties Health Access Monitoring Project: A Report on Health Access for the Underserved Populations of Marion and Polk Counties. Boston, MA: The Access Project in collaboration with The Oregon Health Action Campaign.
Altman SH, Doonan M, Hager C, McDonough JE, Rosman B, Shactman D, Kane N, Turnbull N (2000). An Analysis of Initiative Petition 99-4, "An Act to Protect the Rights of Patients and to Promote Access to Quality Health Care for All Residents of the Commonwealth" Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; April. No. 8.
Fenz C (2000). Providing Health Care for the Uninsured in Texas: A Guide for County Officials. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Guyer J, Schneider A, Spivey MO (2000). Untangling DSH: A Guide for Community Groups to Using the Medicaid DSH Program to Promote Access to Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and The Health Policy Group.
Moran T (2000). Health Care Access for Immigrants and Refugees (specific to Massachusetts). Boston, MA: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition. The Access Project.
Pryor C (2000). Lives at Risk: Nearly Half Million Without Health Insurance in Miami-Dade County. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Rosman BP, Stone LC, Seifert R (2000). Reducing the Number of Uninsured People in Illinois: Models for Action. Boston, MA: The Access Project; March.
Seifert R (2000). Profile of the Uninsured in Texas. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (2000). Adverse Selection and Price Sensitivity when Low-Income People Have Subsidies to Purchase Health Insurance in the Private Market. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 37 (1): 45-60.
Swartz K, Garnick DW (2000). Lessons from New Jersey. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law 25 (1): 45-70.
Access Project (1999). Fact Sheet: The Free Care Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Capitman J, Prottas J (1999). Action Where it Counts: Communities Responding to the Challenge of Health Care for the Uninsured. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Levine HJ (1999). Design of a Methodology for a Survey of Disability Applicants and Non-Applicants: Final Report to the Social Security Administration. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
McCarty D, Levine HJ (1999). Needs of People with Chronic and Disabling Conditions. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low Income Americans. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 61-71.
McDonough J (1999). Healthcare Policy: The Basics. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
McDonough J (1999). La Politica Del Cuidado de la Salud en Los Estados Unidos: Informacion Basica. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Siefert R, Sokol K (1999). The Uninsured in Illinois and Chicago: Close to 2 Million Face Barriers to Heatlh Care. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Socholitzky E, Turnbull N (1999). How Many Uninsured? A Resource Guide for Community-Level Estimates. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Shactman D (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Testimony before the Labor and Human Resources Committee, United States Senate. June 25.
Shactman D, Altman SH, Thomas CP (1998). Health Insurance for the Near Elderly. Report. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; January 22.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1998). The Impact of Hospital Conversions on the Healthcare Safety Net. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 189-206.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, Shields AE, eds. (1997). The Future U.S. Healthcare System: Who Will Care for the Poor and Uninsured? Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.
Cohen M, Nandakumar N (1997). The Changing face of Long Term Care Insurance in 1994: Profiles and Innovations in a Dynamic Market. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 34 (1): 50-61.
Shactman D, Altman SH (1997). Hospital Conversions and Uncompensated Care - Letter. Health Affairs 16 (3): 270-271.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE (1996). Where Does Health Care Reform Go from Here? An Unchartered Odyssey. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Heatlh Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, xxi-xxxii.
 
Core Competency: Technology
Topic: Prescription Drugs
Citation
 
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Martin TC, Ryan A (2007). Differences in Prescription Drug Use in HMO and Self-insured Health Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 64 (1): 98-116.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.
Harris K, Thomas CP (2004). Naltrexone and Pharmacy Benefit Management. Journal of Addictive Diseases 23 (4): 11-29.
Simoni-Wastila L, Strickler G (2004). Risk Factors Associated with Problem Use of Prescription Drugs. American Journal of Public Health 94 (2): 266-268.
Wallack SS, Weinberg DB, Thomas CP (2004). Health Plans' Strategies to Control Prescription Drug Spending. Health Affairs 23 (6): 141-148.
Thomas CP (2003). Incentive-Based Formularies - Perspectives. The New England Journal of Medicine 349 (23): 2186-2188.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Leung MY, Ritter G (2003). PBM-Administered Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Savings for Uninsured Seniors. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 11.
Altman SH, Thomas CP (2002). Controlling Spending for Prescription Drugs - Editorial. The New England Journal of Medicine 346 (11): 855-856.
Ritter G, Thomas CP, Wallack SS (2002). Greater Use of Generics: a Prescription for Drug Cost Savings. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, Ritter G (2002). Impact of Health Plan Design and Management on Retirees' Prescription Drug Use and Spending, 2001. Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W408-W419.
Doonan M (2001). The Economics of Prescription Drug Pricing: A Background Paper. Waltham, MA: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March.
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
Simoni-Wastila L, Tompkins CP (2001). Balancing Diversion Control and Medical Necessity: The Case of Prescription Drugs with Abuse Potential. Substance Use & Misuse 36 (9-10): 1275-1296.
Thomas CP, Ritter G, Wallack SS (2001). Growth in Prescription Drug Spending among Insured Elders. Health Affairs 20 (5): 265-277.
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Ritter G (2001). Recent Trends in Prescription Drug Spending for Insured Individuals under 65 and Age 65 and Older. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; July 30.
Thomas CP, Ritter G (2000). Drug Utilization Trends by Therapeutic Class. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; for U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation; August.
Wallack SS (2000). Factors Driving Prescription Drug Expenditure Increases. Testimony before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate. Washington, DC; July 18.
Wallack SS, Thomas CP, Hodgkin D, DiMasi J, Simoni-Wastila L, Rader A, Constantine R, Brown JS (2000). Prescription Drug Policy: Background Paper for the Princeton Conference. Washington DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila LJ (1998). Differences in Prescription Drug Utilization and Expenditures between Blacks and Whites in the Georgia Medicaid Population. Inquiry-the Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing 35 (1): 78-87.
Schulman S, Brunton S, Shepard DS, Jacobs RP, Gerstenblith G, Wilson M, Wagner SL (1998). The Hypertension Optimal Treatment (HOT) Study: Implications for Hypertension Management and the J-Shape Curve. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12): S733-S740.
Shepard DS (1998). Book Review: Managing Medicines: Public Policy and Therapeutic Drugs ( P Davis). International Journal for Quality in Health Care 10 (2): 169.
Shepard DS, Hodgkin D, Wilson M, Messerli FH, Jacobs RP, Brunton S, Wagner SL (1998). Cost Effectiveness of Intensive Treatment of Hypertension. American Journal of Managed Care 4 (12 (Supplement)): S765-S770.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
Khandker RK, Simoni-Wastila L (1996). Utilization and Expenditures for Prescription Drugs in Eight State Medicaid Programs. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the U.S. Healthcare Financing Administration; February 26.
Wastila LJ, Bishop CE (1996). The Influence of Multiple Copy Prescription Programs on Analgesic Utilization. Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain and Symptom Control 4 (3).
 
Topic: Medical Devices or Procedures
Citation
 
Mechanic R (2006). Coverage and Reimibursement in an Era of Personalized Medicine: Emerging Policy Issues in Genetic Testing. Waltham, MA: Health Industry Forum, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; October.
Tompkins CP, Altman SH, Eilat E (2006). The Precarious Pricing System for Hospital Services. Health Affairs 25 (1): 45-56.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
McCarty D, Clancy C (2002). Telehealth: Implications for Social Work Practice. Social Work 47 (2): 153-161.
Mechanic RE (2001). Proactive Medical Management. Cambridge, MA: Forrester Research; April.
Rosman BP (2001). The Future of the American Hospital II: The Structure of the Hospital and the Industry - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; December.
Prottas J (2000). Rationing Human Organs for Transplant. In: Finkelstein N, ed. Transparency in Public Policy: Great Britain and the United States. New York, NY: St. Martin Press, 70-92.
Thomas CP, Shactman D, Altman SH (1999). Health Status, Technological Innovation, and Health Care Expenditures - Background Paper. Washington, DC: Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. (1996). Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press. The Baxter Health Policy Review, Volume II.
 

Research Area: Behavioral Health

Publications within Core Competencies by Topics

Core Competency: Financing
Topic: Public & Private Financing
Citation
 
Bernstein J, Bernstein E, Shepard DS, Valentine A, Heeren T, Winter M, Levenson S, Beaston-Blaakman A, Tassiopoulos K, Hingson R (2006). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health and Health Care Lessons from an Inner-City Patient Population Actively Using Heroin and Cocaine. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5 (2): 35-50.
Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Harris K, Thomas CP (2004). Naltrexone and Pharmacy Benefit Management. Journal of Addictive Diseases 23 (4): 11-29.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Reif S, Cavanaugh DA (2003). Effect of a Managed Care Carve Out on Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts: the Providers' Perspective. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 21 (1): 63-78.
Shepard DS, Beaston-Blaakman A, Horgan CM (2003). The ADSS Cost Study: Costs of Substance Abuse Treatment in the Specialty Sector. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies (Analytic Series: A-20), DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3762.
Shepard DS, Beaston-Blaakman A (2002). Phase II Final Technical Report. Spending Estimates Reconciliation Project. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL (2001). Financing of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 229-252.
Horgan CM, Reif S, Ritter G, Lee MT (2001). Organizational and Financial Issues in the Delivery of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 9-26.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Cavanaugh DA, Lippitt J, Moyo O (2000). Resource Guide to Selected Federal Policies Affecting Children's Social and Emotional Development and Their Readiness for School. Off to a Good Start: Risk Factors for Academic and Behavioral Problems at the Beginning of School and Selected Federal Policies Affecting Children's Social and Emotional Development and Their Readiness for School. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina; FPG Child Development Center, 95-221.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2000). The Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 19 (4): 445-458.
McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.
Shonkoff J, Lippitt J, Cavanaugh DA (1999). Early Childhood Policy: Implications for Infant Mental Health. In: Zeanah CH, ed. Handbook of Infant Mental Heatlh. Second ed. New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc., Section VI, Chapter 33.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Capitman J, Nichols CA, Sciegaj M, Restuccia R, Miller M, Staton A, Krevor BS, Meredith J (1998). Funding Children's Health Care Through State Tobacco Taxes: Building Winning Coalitions with New and Unexpected Allies. Waltham, MA: The Heller School, Brandeis University, Health Care for All, Tobacco Control Resource Center and Community Catalyst; July.
Fishbein R, McCarty D (1998). Quality Improvement for Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Gibelman M, Demone HW, eds. The Privatization of Human Services: Case Studies in the Purchase of Services. Vol 2. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 39-57.
Larson MJ, Farrelly MD, Hodgkin D, Miller K, Lubalin JS, Witt E, McQuay L, Simpson J, Pepitone A, Keme A, Manderscheid RW (1998). Payments and Use of Services for Mental Health, Alcohol, and Other Drug Abuse Disorders: Estimates from Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Health Plans. Rockville, MD: U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Argeriou M, Daley M (1997). An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Differences with a Sample of Hispanic, White (Non-Hispanic), and African-American Medicaid-Eligible Pregnant Substance Abusers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (5): 489-498.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Callahan JJ, Merrick EL (1997). Designing Public Sector Managed Care Systems. In: Minkoff K, Pollack D, eds. Managed Mental Health Care in the Public Sector: A Survival Manual. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers.
Camp JM, Pizer C, McCarty D (1997). Designing and Implementing Managed Behavioral Health Care in the Public Sector: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
McCarty D, Colston S, Shaw J (1997). Medicaid and Managed Behavioral Health Care. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Co-sponsored by the National Academy for State Health Policy; Portland, Maine; April.
Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Drainoni ML, Horgan CM, Comstock C (1996). Private Sector Coverage of People with Dual Diagnoses. Journal of Mental Health Administration 23 (3): 317-328.
McCarty D, LaPrade J, Botticelli M (1996). Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Services: Massachusetts' Policies and Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (5): 429-438.
 
Topic: Payment Systems
Citation
 
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Harris K, Thomas CP (2004). Naltrexone and Pharmacy Benefit Management. Journal of Addictive Diseases 23 (4): 11-29.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.
Shepard DS, Beaston-Blaakman A (2002). Phase II Final Technical Report. Spending Estimates Reconciliation Project. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL (2001). Financing of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 229-252.
Horgan CM, Reif S, Ritter G, Lee MT (2001). Organizational and Financial Issues in the Delivery of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 9-26.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2001). Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996. Health Services Research 36 (6): Part II: 32-44.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D (2000). Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated? Compensation and Benefits Management 16 (4): 39-46.
Larson MJ, Farrelly MD, Hodgkin D, Miller K, Lubalin JS, Witt E, McQuay L, Simpson J, Pepitone A, Keme A, Manderscheid RW (1998). Payments and Use of Services for Mental Health, Alcohol, and Other Drug Abuse Disorders: Estimates from Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Health Plans. Rockville, MD: U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Camp JM, Pizer C, McCarty D (1997). Designing and Implementing Managed Behavioral Health Care in the Public Sector: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW (1997). Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (4): 359-376.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hendricks AM, Comstock C (1996). Using Health Insurance Claims Data to Analyze Substance Abuse Charges and Utilization. Medical Care Research and Review 53 (3): 350-368.
Levine HJ, Strickler G, Watson K, Drainoni ML, Beatrice DF (1996). Profile of Adult SSI and SSDI Beneficiatires with Disabilities: The Kaiser Consumer Survey. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; February 7.
 
Topic: Managed Care
Citation
 
Hodgkin D, Merrick E, Horgan CM, Garnick D, McLaughlin T (2007). Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services? Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 104-123.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick D, Merrick E, Volpe-Vartanian J (2007). Management of Access to Branded Psychotropic Medications in Private Health Plans. Clinical Therapeutics 29 (2): 371-380.
Pfefferle SG, Gittell JH, Hodgkin D, Ritter G (2006). Pediatrician Coordination of Care for Children with Mental Illnesses. Medical Care 44 (12): 1085-1091.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2005). Managed Care Organizations' Use of Treatment Management Strategies for Outpatient Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 33 (1): 104-114.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2003). Cost Sharing for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 60 (1): 101-116.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.
McCarty D, Argeriou M (2003). The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: Access, Utilization, and Expenditures for Medicaid Recipients. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 18-25.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk R (2003). The EAP/behavioral Health Carve-Out Connection. Employee Assistance Quarterly 18 (3): 1-14.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Leung M, Sousa D (2002). Evaluation of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 8. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 30 (2): 141-157.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH (2002). Management of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment by Medical Plans: Michigan Providers' Experience. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 20 (1): 79-96.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2002). Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (2002). Quality Measurement and Accountability for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Medical Care 40 (12): 1238-1248.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2002). Managed Care and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (4): 163-174.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL (2001). Financing of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 229-252.
Horgan CM, Reif S, Ritter G, Lee MT (2001). Organizational and Financial Issues in the Delivery of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 9-26.
Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.
McCarty D, Steenrod S (2001). Are Managed Care and Relapse Prevention Compatible? In: Tims FM, Leukefeld CG, Platt JJ, eds. Relapse and Recovery Processes in the Addictions. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 379-397.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2001). Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996. Health Services Research 36 (6): Part II: 32-44.
Steenrod S, Brisson AS, McCarty D, Hodgkin D (2001). Effects of Managed Care on Programs and Pratices for the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependence. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 51-71.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D (2000). Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (2): 178-193.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D (2000). Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated? Compensation and Benefits Management 16 (4): 39-46.
McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.
Merrick EL (1999). Effects of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out on Inpatient-Related Quality Indicators for Major Depression Treatment. Medical Care 37 (10): 1023-1033.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (1999). Use of Performance Standards in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Contracts among Fortune 500 firms. American Journal of Managed Care 5: SP81-SP90.
Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Callahan JJ, Merrick EL (1997). Designing Public Sector Managed Care Systems. In: Minkoff K, Pollack D, eds. Managed Mental Health Care in the Public Sector: A Survival Manual. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers.
Camp JM, Pizer C, McCarty D (1997). Designing and Implementing Managed Behavioral Health Care in the Public Sector: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; September.
Edmunds M, Frank RG, Hogan M, McCarty D, Robinson-Beale R, Weisner C, eds. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Committee on Quality Assurance and Accreditation Guidelines for Managed Behavioral Health Care, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Divison of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW (1997). Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (4): 359-376.
Larson MJ, Samet JH, McCarty D (1997). Managed Care of Substance Abuse Disorders: Implications for Generalist Physicians. Medical Clinics of North America 81 (4): 1053-1069.
McCarty D, Colston S, Shaw J (1997). Medicaid and Managed Behavioral Health Care. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Co-sponsored by the National Academy for State Health Policy; Portland, Maine; April.
Shepard DS, Larson MJ, Legros N, Stout RL (1997). Health Costs of Alcohol Patients in a HMO. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hendricks AM, Comstock C (1996). Using Health Insurance Claims Data to Analyze Substance Abuse Charges and Utilization. Medical Care Research and Review 53 (3): 350-368.
 
Core Competency: Organizations
Topic: Organizational Behavior
Citation
 
Hodgkin D, Merrick E, Horgan CM, Garnick D, McLaughlin T (2007). Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services? Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 104-123.
Horgan CM, Merrick E, Reif S, Stewart M (2007). Data Points: Internet-based Behavioral Health Services in Health Plans. Psychiatric Services 58 (3): 307.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Pfefferle SG, Gittell JH, Hodgkin D, Ritter G (2006). Pediatrician Coordination of Care for Children with Mental Illnesses. Medical Care 44 (12): 1085-1091.
Shepard DS, Calabro JAB, Love CT, McKay JR, Tetreault J, Yeom HS (2006). Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program. Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33 (6): 629-635.
Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Markoff L, Finkelstein N, Kammerer N, Kreiner P, Prost C (2005). Relational Systems Change: Implementing a Model of Change in Integrating Services for Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders and Histories of Trauma. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 32 (2): 227-240.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2005). Managed Care Organizations' Use of Treatment Management Strategies for Outpatient Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 33 (1): 104-114.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Brolin M, Seaver C, Nalty D (2004). Performance Management: Improving State Systems through Information-Based Decisionmaking. Rockville MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication No. 05-3983.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase II: Client Record Abstract Report. Rockville, MD: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for SAMHSA. DHHS Publication No. SMA 04-3974, Analytic Series No. A-27.
Levine HJ, Reif S, Lee MT, Ritter G, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS). The National Treatment System: Outpatient Methadone Facilities. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.
Simoni-Wastila L, Ross-Degnan D, Mah C, Gao XM, Brown J, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Soumerai SB (2004). A Retrospective Data Analysis of the Impact of the New York Triplicate Prescription Program on Benzodiazepine Use in Medicaid Patients with Chronic Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders. Clinical Therapeutics 26 (2): 322-336.
Thomas CP, McCarty D (2004). Adoption of Drug Abuse Treatment Technology in Specialty and Primary Care. In: Harwood HJ, Myers TG, eds. In: New Treatments for Addiction: Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 140-172.
Tompkins CP, Perloff J (2004). Using Information to Guide Managed Behavioral Health Care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 31 (1): 98-110.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.
Krevor BS, Capitman J, Oblak L, Cannon JB, Ruwe M (2003). Preventing Illegal Tobacco and Alcohol Sales to Minors through Electronic Age-Verification Devices: a Field Effectiveness Study. Journal of Public Health Policy 24 (3-4): 251-268.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Marsden ME, Horgan CM (2003). Treatment Services and Staffing. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). Rockville, MD: prepared by the Schneider Institute for Health Policy - ADSS Phase I Report Series.
Levine HJ, Reif S, Ritter G, Lee MT, Marsden ME, Horgan CM (2003). Organizational Characteristics of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
Levine HJ, Ritter G, Krenske T, Legum SE, Carusi C, Mohadjer L, Reif S, Lee MT, Horgan CM (2003). Phase II Methodology - Facility Administrator Interview and Client Record Abstraction. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS) Methodology Report: Phases I, II and III (online only). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.
Marsden ME, Reif S, Pieroni M, Levine HJ, Lee MT, Ritter G, Horgan CM (2003). Client Populations in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). Schneider Instititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Available at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/adss/adssorg.pdf.
McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Argeriou M (2003). State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Managed Care Evaluation Program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 7-17.
McCarty D, Argeriou M (2003). The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: Access, Utilization, and Expenditures for Medicaid Recipients. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 18-25.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Pettinati HM, Shepard DS (2003). An Examination of Potential Sex and Race Effects in a Study of Continuing Care for Alcohol- and Cocaine-Dependent Patients. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27 (8): 1321-1323.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk R (2003). The EAP/behavioral Health Carve-Out Connection. Employee Assistance Quarterly 18 (3): 1-14.
Ritter G, Levine HJ, Mohadjer L, Krenzke T, Lee MT, Reif S, Horgan CM (2003). Phase I Methodology - ADSS Facility Survey. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): Methodology Report: Phases I, II, and III (online only). Rockville MD: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Ritter G, Carusi C, Krenzke T, Legum SE, Mohadjer L, Reif S, Lee MT, Horgan CM (2003). Phase III Methodology - Client Follow-Up Study. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): Methodology Report: Phases I, II, and III (online only). Rockville, MD: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.
Shepard DS, Beaston-Blaakman A, Horgan CM (2003). The ADSS Cost Study: Costs of Substance Abuse Treatment in the Specialty Sector. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies (Analytic Series: A-20), DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3762.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, McCarty D, Swift R (2003). Research to Practice: Adoption of Naltrexone in Alcoholism Treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 24 (1): 1-11.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Leung M, Sousa D (2002). Evaluation of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 8. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 30 (2): 141-157.
Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL (2002). Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23 (4): 375-385.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH (2002). Management of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment by Medical Plans: Michigan Providers' Experience. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 20 (1): 79-96.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2002). Quality Standards and Incentives in Managed Care Organizations' Specialty Contracts for Behavioral Health. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (2): 61-69.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2002). Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Krevor BS, Lieberman A, Gerlack K (2002). Application of Consumer Protection Authority in Preventing Tobacco Sales to Minors. Tobacco Control 11: 109-111.
Krevor BS (2002). Preventing Illegal Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Sales to Minors through Electronic Age Verification Devices: A Field Effectiveness Study. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Miller Brewing Company; January.
Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (2002). Quality Measurement and Accountability for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Medical Care 40 (12): 1238-1248.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin, D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara K (2001). Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts. Psychiatric Services 52 (11): 1502-1509.
Hilton ME, Maisto SA, Conigliaro J, McNeil M, Kraemer K, Kelley ME, Conigliaro R, Samet JH, Larson MJ, Savetsky J, Winter M, Sullivan LM, Saitz R, Weisner C, Mertens J, Parthasarathy S, Moore C, Hunkler E, Hu TW, Selby J, Stout RL, Zywiak W, Rubin A, Zwick W, Shepard DS (2001). Improving Alcoholism Treatment Across the Spectrum of Services. Vol 25. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL (2001). Financing of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 229-252.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2001). Access to Services in the Substance Abuse Treatment System: Variations by Facility Characteristics. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 137-156.
McCarty D, Steenrod S (2001). Are Managed Care and Relapse Prevention Compatible? In: Tims FM, Leukefeld CG, Platt JJ, eds. Relapse and Recovery Processes in the Addictions. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 379-397.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Sciegaj M, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Urato M, Hodgkin D (2001). Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly 16 (3): 25-35.
Simoni-Wastila L, Tompkins CP (2001). Balancing Diversion Control and Medical Necessity: The Case of Prescription Drugs with Abuse Potential. Substance Use & Misuse 36 (9-10): 1275-1296.
Steenrod S, Brisson AS, McCarty D, Hodgkin D (2001). Effects of Managed Care on Programs and Pratices for the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependence. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 51-71.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS (2001). Economic Factors in Adoption of New Alcoholism Treatment Medications. The Economics of Neuroscience 2001 3 (12): 52-57.
Cavanaugh DA, Lippitt J, Moyo O (2000). Resource Guide to Selected Federal Policies Affecting Children's Social and Emotional Development and Their Readiness for School. Off to a Good Start: Risk Factors for Academic and Behavioral Problems at the Beginning of School and Selected Federal Policies Affecting Children's Social and Emotional Development and Their Readiness for School. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina; FPG Child Development Center, 95-221.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2000). The Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 19 (4): 445-458.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D (2000). Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (2): 178-193.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D (2000). Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated? Compensation and Benefits Management 16 (4): 39-46.
McCarty D (2000). Between Despair and Hope: Health Services Research on Treatment of Alcohol Abuse. Addiction 95 (Supplement 3): S439-S447.
Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.
Bray RM, Fairbank JA, Marsden ME (1999). Stress and Substance Use Among Military Women and Men. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 25 (2): 239-256.
McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.
McKay JR, Alterman AI, Cacciola JS, O'Brien CP, Koppenhaver JM, Shepard DS (1999). Continuing Care for Cocaine Dependence: Comprehensive 2-year Outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 67 (3): 420-427.
Merrick EL (1999). Effects of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out on Inpatient-Related Quality Indicators for Major Depression Treatment. Medical Care 37 (10): 1023-1033.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (1999). Use of Performance Standards in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Contracts among Fortune 500 firms. American Journal of Managed Care 5: SP81-SP90.
Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Lamb S, Greenlick M, McCarty D (1998). Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Research: Forging Partnerships with Community-Based Drug and Alcohol Treatment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Callahan JJ, Merrick EL (1997). Designing Public Sector Managed Care Systems. In: Minkoff K, Pollack D, eds. Managed Mental Health Care in the Public Sector: A Survival Manual. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers.
Daley M, Argeriou M (1997). Characteristics and Treatment Needs of Sexually Abused Pregnant Women in Drug Rehabilitation: The Massachusetts MOTHERS Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (2): 191-196.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW (1997). Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (4): 359-376.
Larson MJ, Samet JH, McCarty D (1997). Managed Care of Substance Abuse Disorders: Implications for Generalist Physicians. Medical Clinics of North America 81 (4): 1053-1069.
Larson MJ, Shepard DS, Zwick W, Stout RL (1997). Validity of Health Care Reporting Systems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
Bachman SS, Drainoni ML, Strickler G, Dittmar N, Shon S (1996). Utilization of a State Hospital by Urban and Rural Local Mental Health Authorities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 439-454.
Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Drainoni ML, Horgan CM, Comstock C (1996). Private Sector Coverage of People with Dual Diagnoses. Journal of Mental Health Administration 23 (3): 317-328.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hendricks AM, Comstock C (1996). Using Health Insurance Claims Data to Analyze Substance Abuse Charges and Utilization. Medical Care Research and Review 53 (3): 350-368.
McCarty D, LaPrade J, Botticelli M (1996). Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Services: Massachusetts' Policies and Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (5): 429-438.
Shepard DS, McKay JR (1996). Cost-Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
 
Topic: Organizational Performance
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Hodgkin D, Merrick E, Horgan CM, Garnick D, McLaughlin T (2007). Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services? Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 104-123.
Horgan CM, Merrick E, Reif S, Stewart M (2007). Data Points: Internet-based Behavioral Health Services in Health Plans. Psychiatric Services 58 (3): 307.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Shepard DS, Calabro JAB, Love CT, McKay JR, Tetreault J, Yeom HS (2006). Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program. Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33 (6): 629-635.
Thomas CP, Conrad P, Casler R, Goodman E (2006). Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Adolescents, 1994 to 2001. Psychiatric Services 57 (1): 63-69.
Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW (2005). The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; January 10.
Markoff L, Finkelstein N, Kammerer N, Kreiner P, Prost C (2005). Relational Systems Change: Implementing a Model of Change in Integrating Services for Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders and Histories of Trauma. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 32 (2): 227-240.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Lee MT, Garnick DW, Miller K, Horgan CM (2004). Adolescents with Substance Abuse: Are Health Plans Missing Them? Psychiatric Services 55 (2): 116.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase II: Client Record Abstract Report. Rockville, MD: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for SAMHSA. DHHS Publication No. SMA 04-3974, Analytic Series No. A-27.
Levine HJ, Reif S, Lee MT, Ritter G, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS). The National Treatment System: Outpatient Methadone Facilities. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.
Reif S, Horgan CM, Ritter G, Tompkins CP (2004). The Impact of Employment Counseling on Substance User Treatment Participation and Outcomes. Substance Use & Misuse 39 (13-14): 2391-2424.
Simoni-Wastila L, Ross-Degnan D, Mah C, Gao XM, Brown J, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Soumerai SB (2004). A Retrospective Data Analysis of the Impact of the New York Triplicate Prescription Program on Benzodiazepine Use in Medicaid Patients with Chronic Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders. Clinical Therapeutics 26 (2): 322-336.
Tompkins CP, Perloff J (2004). Using Information to Guide Managed Behavioral Health Care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 31 (1): 98-110.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.
Krevor BS, Capitman J, Oblak L, Cannon JB, Ruwe M (2003). Preventing Illegal Tobacco and Alcohol Sales to Minors through Electronic Age-Verification Devices: a Field Effectiveness Study. Journal of Public Health Policy 24 (3-4): 251-268.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Marsden ME, Horgan CM (2003). Treatment Services and Staffing. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). Rockville, MD: prepared by the Schneider Institute for Health Policy - ADSS Phase I Report Series.
Marsden ME, Reif S, Pieroni M, Levine HJ, Lee MT, Ritter G, Horgan CM (2003). Client Populations in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). Schneider Instititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Available at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/adss/adssorg.pdf.
McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Argeriou M (2003). State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Managed Care Evaluation Program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 7-17.
McCarty D, Argeriou M (2003). The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: Access, Utilization, and Expenditures for Medicaid Recipients. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 18-25.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Pettinati HM, Shepard DS (2003). An Examination of Potential Sex and Race Effects in a Study of Continuing Care for Alcohol- and Cocaine-Dependent Patients. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27 (8): 1321-1323.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk R (2003). The EAP/behavioral Health Carve-Out Connection. Employee Assistance Quarterly 18 (3): 1-14.
Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Lee S, McCarty D, Swift R (2003). Research to Practice: Adoption of Naltrexone in Alcoholism Treatment. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 24 (1): 1-11.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Leung M, Sousa D (2002). Evaluation of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 8. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 30 (2): 141-157.
Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL (2002). Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23 (4): 375-385.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH (2002). Management of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment by Medical Plans: Michigan Providers' Experience. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 20 (1): 79-96.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2002). Quality Standards and Incentives in Managed Care Organizations' Specialty Contracts for Behavioral Health. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (2): 61-69.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2002). Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Krevor BS, Lieberman A, Gerlack K (2002). Application of Consumer Protection Authority in Preventing Tobacco Sales to Minors. Tobacco Control 11: 109-111.
Krevor BS (2002). Preventing Illegal Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Sales to Minors through Electronic Age Verification Devices: A Field Effectiveness Study. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Miller Brewing Company; January.
Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (2002). Quality Measurement and Accountability for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Medical Care 40 (12): 1238-1248.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin, D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara K (2001). Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts. Psychiatric Services 52 (11): 1502-1509.
Hilton ME, Maisto SA, Conigliaro J, McNeil M, Kraemer K, Kelley ME, Conigliaro R, Samet JH, Larson MJ, Savetsky J, Winter M, Sullivan LM, Saitz R, Weisner C, Mertens J, Parthasarathy S, Moore C, Hunkler E, Hu TW, Selby J, Stout RL, Zywiak W, Rubin A, Zwick W, Shepard DS (2001). Improving Alcoholism Treatment Across the Spectrum of Services. Vol 25. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL (2001). Financing of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 229-252.
Horgan CM, Reif S, Ritter G, Lee MT (2001). Organizational and Financial Issues in the Delivery of Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 9-26.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2001). Access to Services in the Substance Abuse Treatment System: Variations by Facility Characteristics. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 137-156.
McCarty D, Steenrod S (2001). Are Managed Care and Relapse Prevention Compatible? In: Tims FM, Leukefeld CG, Platt JJ, eds. Relapse and Recovery Processes in the Addictions. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 379-397.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Sciegaj M, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Urato M, Hodgkin D (2001). Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly 16 (3): 25-35.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2001). Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996. Health Services Research 36 (6): Part II: 32-44.
Steenrod S, Brisson AS, McCarty D, Hodgkin D (2001). Effects of Managed Care on Programs and Pratices for the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependence. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 51-71.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2000). The Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 19 (4): 445-458.
Fenz C (2000). Providing Health Care for the Uninsured in Texas: A Guide for County Officials. Boston, MA: The Access Project.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D (2000). Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (2): 178-193.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D (2000). Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated? Compensation and Benefits Management 16 (4): 39-46.
McCarty D (2000). Between Despair and Hope: Health Services Research on Treatment of Alcohol Abuse. Addiction 95 (Supplement 3): S439-S447.
McCarty D, Caspi U, Panas L, Krakow M, Mulligan DH (2000). Detoxification Centers: Who's in the Revolving Door? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (3): 245-256.
McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M (2000). Developing Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services in Managed Care Plans. Journal on Quality Improvement 26 (11): 633-643.
McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M (2000). Improving Performace Measurement of Alcohol and Other Drug Services: Report of the Washington Circle Group. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; March.
Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.
Bray RM, Fairbank JA, Marsden ME (1999). Stress and Substance Use Among Military Women and Men. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 25 (2): 239-256.
Garnick DW, McCorry F, Chalk M, Cotter F (1999). Improving Performance Measurement by Managed Care Plans for Substance Abuse: Year 1 Report of the Washington Circle Group: Executive Summary. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 16.
Levine HJ, Soldz S, Cramer I, Williams C (1999). The Massachusetts Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Study (TOPPS 1): Final Report. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.
Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Lamb S, Greenlick M, McCarty D (1998). Bridging the Gap Between Practice and Research: Forging Partnerships with Community-Based Drug and Alcohol Treatment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Larson MJ, Farrelly MD, Hodgkin D, Miller K, Lubalin JS, Witt E, McQuay L, Simpson J, Pepitone A, Keme A, Manderscheid RW (1998). Payments and Use of Services for Mental Health, Alcohol, and Other Drug Abuse Disorders: Estimates from Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Health Plans. Rockville, MD: U.S. Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Callahan JJ, Merrick EL (1997). Designing Public Sector Managed Care Systems. In: Minkoff K, Pollack D, eds. Managed Mental Health Care in the Public Sector: A Survival Manual. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers.
Daley M, Argeriou M (1997). Characteristics and Treatment Needs of Sexually Abused Pregnant Women in Drug Rehabilitation: The Massachusetts MOTHERS Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (2): 191-196.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW (1997). Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (4): 359-376.
Larson MJ, Samet JH, McCarty D (1997). Managed Care of Substance Abuse Disorders: Implications for Generalist Physicians. Medical Clinics of North America 81 (4): 1053-1069.
Larson MJ, Shepard DS, Zwick W, Stout RL (1997). Validity of Health Care Reporting Systems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
Bachman SS, Drainoni ML, Strickler G, Dittmar N, Shon S (1996). Utilization of a State Hospital by Urban and Rural Local Mental Health Authorities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 439-454.
Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hendricks AM, Comstock C (1996). Using Health Insurance Claims Data to Analyze Substance Abuse Charges and Utilization. Medical Care Research and Review 53 (3): 350-368.
Horgan CM (1996). Need and Access to Drug-Abuse Treatment. In: Egertson JA, Fox DM, Leshner AI, eds. Treating Drug Abusers Effectively. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 75-98.
McCarty D, LaPrade J, Botticelli M (1996). Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Services: Massachusetts' Policies and Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (5): 429-438.
Shepard DS, McKay JR (1996). Cost-Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
 
Core Competency: Costs & Value
Topic: Cost, Cost-Effectiveness
Citation
 
Daley M, Shepard DS, Bury-Maynard D (2005). Changes in Quality of Life for Pregnant Women in Substance User Treatment: Developing a Quality of Life Index for the Addictions. Substance Use & Misuse 40 (3): 375-94.
Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Ritter G, Gadzuk A (2005). The Incentive Effects on Self-Report of Drug Use and Other Measures of Response Quality in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 191-217.
Ritter G, Reif S, Gadzuk A, Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Lee MT, Horgan CM (2005). Incentive Effects on Cooperation Rates and Sample Composition in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 171-189.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Daley M, Love CT, Shepard DS, Peterson CB, White KT, Hall F (2004). Cost-Effectiveness of Connecticut's In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 39 (3): 69-92.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Shepard DS, Reif S (2004). The Value of Vocational Rehabilitation in Substance Abuse Treatment: A Cost-Effectiveness Framework. Substance Use & Misuse 39 (13 &14): 2581-2609.
Tompkins CP, Perloff J (2004). Using Information to Guide Managed Behavioral Health Care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 31 (1): 98-110.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2003). Cost Sharing for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 60 (1): 101-116.
McCarty D, Argeriou M (2003). The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: Access, Utilization, and Expenditures for Medicaid Recipients. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 18-25.
Shepard DS, Beaston-Blaakman A, Horgan CM (2003). The ADSS Cost Study: Costs of Substance Abuse Treatment in the Specialty Sector. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies (Analytic Series: A-20), DHHS Publication No. SMA 03-3762.
Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Shepard DS (2002). Evidence-Based Public Health (Commentary): Integrated Medical and Substance Abuse Treatment Increases Abstinence Rates for People with Substance Abuse-Related Medical Condition. Evidence-Based Healthcare 6 (2): 51-52.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2001). Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996. Health Services Research 36 (6): Part II: 32-44.
Simoni-Wastila L (2001). Application of Pharmacoeconomics: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Behavioral Health. In: Bogenberg FR, ed. Introduction to Applied Pharmacoeconomics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, Medical Publishing Division, 126-143.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2000). The Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 19 (4): 445-458.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D (2000). Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (2): 178-193.
Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.
Shepard DS, Larson MJ, Hoffmann NG (1999). Cost-Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Services: Implications for Public Policy. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 22 (2): 385-400.
McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Comstock C, Horgan CM (1997). Do Individuals with Substance Abuse Diagnoses Incur Higher Charges than Individuals with Other Chronic Conditions? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (5): 457-465.
Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.
Shepard DS, McKay JR (1996). Cost-Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
 
Topic: Costs, Spending
Citation
 
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Capitman J, Nichols CA, Sciegaj M, Restuccia R, Miller M, Staton A, Krevor BS, Meredith J (1998). Funding Children's Health Care Through State Tobacco Taxes: Building Winning Coalitions with New and Unexpected Allies. Waltham, MA: The Heller School, Brandeis University, Health Care for All, Tobacco Control Resource Center and Community Catalyst; July.
Doonan M (1998). Will Alcohol be the Next Tobacco? Issue Brief No. 3. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November 12.
McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Comstock C, Horgan CM (1997). Do Individuals with Substance Abuse Diagnoses Incur Higher Charges than Individuals with Other Chronic Conditions? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (5): 457-465.
Larson MJ, Shepard DS, Zwick W, Stout RL (1997). Validity of Health Care Reporting Systems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
Shepard DS, Larson MJ, Legros N, Stout RL (1997). Health Costs of Alcohol Patients in a HMO. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Drainoni ML, Horgan CM, Comstock C (1996). Private Sector Coverage of People with Dual Diagnoses. Journal of Mental Health Administration 23 (3): 317-328.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hendricks AM, Comstock C (1996). Using Health Insurance Claims Data to Analyze Substance Abuse Charges and Utilization. Medical Care Research and Review 53 (3): 350-368.
 
Core Competency: Quality
Topic: Quality & Performance Measures
Citation
 
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Lee MT, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Cavanaugh DA (2006). Constructing Adolescent Substance Abuse Performance Measures Using Administrative Data. Journal of Healthcare Quality 28 (3): 42-48, 59.
Daley M, Shepard DS, Bury-Maynard D (2005). Changes in Quality of Life for Pregnant Women in Substance User Treatment: Developing a Quality of Life Index for the Addictions. Substance Use & Misuse 40 (3): 375-94.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW (2005). The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; January 10.
Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Ritter G, Gadzuk A (2005). The Incentive Effects on Self-Report of Drug Use and Other Measures of Response Quality in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 191-217.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Pettinati HM (2005). The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2): 199-207.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2005). Managed Care Organizations' Use of Treatment Management Strategies for Outpatient Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 33 (1): 104-114.
Ritter G, Reif S, Gadzuk A, Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Lee MT, Horgan CM (2005). Incentive Effects on Cooperation Rates and Sample Composition in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 171-189.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife (edited by OG Brim, CD Ryff, RC Kessler). The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (23): 2460-2461.
Brolin M, Seaver C, Nalty D (2004). Performance Management: Improving State Systems through Information-Based Decisionmaking. Rockville MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication No. 05-3983.
Daley M, Love CT, Shepard DS, Peterson CB, White KT, Hall F (2004). Cost-Effectiveness of Connecticut's In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 39 (3): 69-92.
Lee MT, Garnick DW, Miller K, Horgan CM (2004). Adolescents with Substance Abuse: Are Health Plans Missing Them? Psychiatric Services 55 (2): 116.
Simoni-Wastila L, Ross-Degnan D, Mah C, Gao XM, Brown J, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Soumerai SB (2004). A Retrospective Data Analysis of the Impact of the New York Triplicate Prescription Program on Benzodiazepine Use in Medicaid Patients with Chronic Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders. Clinical Therapeutics 26 (2): 322-336.
Tompkins CP, Perloff J (2004). Using Information to Guide Managed Behavioral Health Care. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research 31 (1): 98-110.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Gastfriend DR, Reif S, Baker SL, Najavits LM (2003). Assessment (2003). In: Graham AW, Schultz TK, Mayo-Smith MF, Ries RK, Wilford BB, eds. Principles of Addiction Medicine. 3rd ed. Chevy Chase, MD: American Society of Addiction Medicine, 373-382.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2003). Cost Sharing for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Plans. Medical Care Research and Review 60 (1): 101-116.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.
Krevor BS, Capitman J, Oblak L, Cannon JB, Ruwe M (2003). Preventing Illegal Tobacco and Alcohol Sales to Minors through Electronic Age-Verification Devices: a Field Effectiveness Study. Journal of Public Health Policy 24 (3-4): 251-268.
McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Argeriou M (2003). State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Managed Care Evaluation Program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 7-17.
McCarty D, Argeriou M (2003). The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: Access, Utilization, and Expenditures for Medicaid Recipients. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 18-25.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Keck K, Cenczyk R (2003). The EAP/behavioral Health Carve-Out Connection. Employee Assistance Quarterly 18 (3): 1-14.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Reif S, Cavanaugh DA (2003). Effect of a Managed Care Carve Out on Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts: the Providers' Perspective. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 21 (1): 63-78.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Leung M, Sousa D (2002). Evaluation of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 8. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 30 (2): 141-157.
Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL (2002). Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23 (4): 375-385.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.
Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Horgan CM (2002). Selecting Data Sources for Substance Abuse Services Research. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 22 (1): 11-22.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL (2002). Quality Standards and Incentives in Managed Care Organizations' Specialty Contracts for Behavioral Health. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (2): 61-69.
Krevor BS, Lieberman A, Gerlack K (2002). Application of Consumer Protection Authority in Preventing Tobacco Sales to Minors. Tobacco Control 11: 109-111.
Krevor BS (2002). Preventing Illegal Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Sales to Minors through Electronic Age Verification Devices: A Field Effectiveness Study. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Miller Brewing Company; January.
Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (2002). Quality Measurement and Accountability for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Medical Care 40 (12): 1238-1248.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2002). Managed Care and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 5 (4): 163-174.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Hodgkin, D, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Ritter G, Skwara K (2001). Risk Transfer and Accountability in Managed Care Organizations Carve-out Contracts. Psychiatric Services 52 (11): 1502-1509.
Hilton ME, Maisto SA, Conigliaro J, McNeil M, Kraemer K, Kelley ME, Conigliaro R, Samet JH, Larson MJ, Savetsky J, Winter M, Sullivan LM, Saitz R, Weisner C, Mertens J, Parthasarathy S, Moore C, Hunkler E, Hu TW, Selby J, Stout RL, Zywiak W, Rubin A, Zwick W, Shepard DS (2001). Improving Alcoholism Treatment Across the Spectrum of Services. Vol 25. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.
Kreiner P, Soldz S, Berger M, Elliott E, Reynes J, Williams C, Rodriguez-Howard M (2001). Social Indicator-Based Measures of Substance Abuse Consequences, Risk, and Protection at the Town Level. Journal of Primary Prevention 22 (3): 339-365.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Sciegaj M, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Urato M, Hodgkin D (2001). Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly 16 (3): 25-35.
Shepard DS, Daley M, Ritter G, Hodgkin D, Beinecke RH (2001). Effects of a Statewide Carve-Out on Spending and Access to Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts, 1992 -1996. Health Services Research 36 (6): Part II: 32-44.
Bray RM, Marsden ME (2000). Trends in Substance Use Among US Military Personnel: The Impact of Changing Demographic Composition. Substance Use & Misuse 35 (6-8): 949-969.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Goldin D (2000). Why Carve Out? Determinants of Behavioral Health Contracting Choice Among Large US Employers. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (2): 178-193.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M, Goldin D (2000). Structuring Behavioral Health Care: Carved Out or Integrated? Compensation and Benefits Management 16 (4): 39-46.
McCarty D (2000). Between Despair and Hope: Health Services Research on Treatment of Alcohol Abuse. Addiction 95 (Supplement 3): S439-S447.
McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M (2000). Developing Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services in Managed Care Plans. Journal on Quality Improvement 26 (11): 633-643.
McCorry F, Garnick DW, Bartlett J, Cotter F, Chalk M (2000). Improving Performace Measurement of Alcohol and Other Drug Services: Report of the Washington Circle Group. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; March.
Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.
Garnick DW, McCorry F, Chalk M, Cotter F (1999). Improving Performance Measurement by Managed Care Plans for Substance Abuse: Year 1 Report of the Washington Circle Group: Executive Summary. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; March 16.
Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (1999). Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low-Income Americans. Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 73-95.
Levine HJ, Soldz S, Cramer I, Williams C (1999). The Massachusetts Treatment Outcomes and Performance Pilot Study (TOPPS 1): Final Report. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.
McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.
McKay JR, Alterman AI, Cacciola JS, O'Brien CP, Koppenhaver JM, Shepard DS (1999). Continuing Care for Cocaine Dependence: Comprehensive 2-year Outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 67 (3): 420-427.
Merrick EL (1999). Effects of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out on Inpatient-Related Quality Indicators for Major Depression Treatment. Medical Care 37 (10): 1023-1033.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (1999). Use of Performance Standards in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Contracts among Fortune 500 firms. American Journal of Managed Care 5: SP81-SP90.
Shepard DS, Larson MJ, Hoffmann NG (1999). Cost-Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Services: Implications for Public Policy. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 22 (2): 385-400.
Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Fishbein R, McCarty D (1998). Quality Improvement for Publicly Funded Substance Abuse Treatment Services. In: Gibelman M, Demone HW, eds. The Privatization of Human Services: Case Studies in the Purchase of Services. Vol 2. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 39-57.
McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Edmunds M, Frank RG, Hogan M, McCarty D, Robinson-Beale R, Weisner C, eds. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Committee on Quality Assurance and Accreditation Guidelines for Managed Behavioral Health Care, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Divison of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick DW (1997). Make or Buy: HMOs' Contracting Arrangements for Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (4): 359-376.
Larson MJ, Shepard DS, Zwick W, Stout RL (1997). Validity of Health Care Reporting Systems. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.
 
Topic: Access
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Hodgkin D, Merrick E, Horgan CM, Garnick D, McLaughlin T (2007). Does Type of Gatekeeping Model Affect Access to Outpatient Specialty Mental Health Services? Health Services Research 42 (1): Part I: 104-123.
Hodgkin D, Horgan CM, Garnick D, Merrick E, Volpe-Vartanian J (2007). Management of Access to Branded Psychotropic Medications in Private Health Plans. Clinical Therapeutics 29 (2): 371-380.
Horgan CM, Merrick E, Reif S, Stewart M (2007). Data Points: Internet-based Behavioral Health Services in Health Plans. Psychiatric Services 58 (3): 307.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Pfefferle SG, Gittell JH, Hodgkin D, Ritter G (2006). Pediatrician Coordination of Care for Children with Mental Illnesses. Medical Care 44 (12): 1085-1091.
Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Merrick EL, Horgan CM, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2005). Managed Care Organizations' Use of Treatment Management Strategies for Outpatient Mental Health Care. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 33 (1): 104-114.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2002). Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Magura S, Horgan CM, Mertens JR, Shepard DS (2002). Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Alcoholism-Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Huskamp HA, Garnick DW, Hanson KW, Horgan CM (2001). The Impact of Withdrawals by Medicaid Managed Care Plans on Behavioral Health Services. Psychiatric Services 52 (5): 600-602.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2001). Access to Services in the Substance Abuse Treatment System: Variations by Facility Characteristics. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 137-156.
McCarty D, Argeriou M, Denmead G, Dilonardo J (2001). Public Sector Managed Care for Substance Abuse Treatment: Opportunities for Health Services Research. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28 (2): 143-154.
Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Goldin D, Hodgkin D, Sciegaj M (2001). Benefits in Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plans of Fortune 500 Firms. Psychiatric Services 52 (7): 943-948.
Sciegaj M, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Goldin D, Urato M, Hodgkin D (2001). Employee Assistance Programs among Fortune 500 firms. Employee Assistance Quarterly 16 (3): 25-35.
Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (1999). Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low-Income Americans. Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 73-95.
McCarty D, Frank RG, Denmead GC (1999). Methadone Maintenance and State Medicaid Managed Care Programs. Milbank Quarterly 77 (3): 341-362.
Shonkoff J, Lippitt J, Cavanaugh DA (1999). Early Childhood Policy: Implications for Infant Mental Health. In: Zeanah CH, ed. Handbook of Infant Mental Heatlh. Second ed. New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc., Section VI, Chapter 33.
Weisner C, McCarty D, Schmidt L (1999). New Directions in Alcohol and Drug Treatment Under Managed Care. American Journal of Managed Care 5 (special issue): SP57-SP69.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Edmunds M, Frank RG, Hogan M, McCarty D, Robinson-Beale R, Weisner C, eds. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Committee on Quality Assurance and Accreditation Guidelines for Managed Behavioral Health Care, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Divison of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Horgan CM (1996). Need and Access to Drug-Abuse Treatment. In: Egertson JA, Fox DM, Leshner AI, eds. Treating Drug Abusers Effectively. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 75-98.
 
Topic: Clinical Guidelines
Citation
 
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW (2005). The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; January 10.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Edmunds M, Frank RG, Hogan M, McCarty D, Robinson-Beale R, Weisner C, eds. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Committee on Quality Assurance and Accreditation Guidelines for Managed Behavioral Health Care, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Divison of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Wallack SS, Levine HJ (1996). Managed Care for People with Disabilites: Caring for Those with the Greatest Need. Section I: Overview. In: Altman SH, Reinhardt UE, eds. Strategic Choices for a Changing Health Care System. Vol II. Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press, 351-361.
 
Topic: Outcomes
Citation
 
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Chalk M (2006). Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drug Services. Alcohol Research and Health 29 (1): 19-26.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Shepard DS, Calabro JAB, Love CT, McKay JR, Tetreault J, Yeom HS (2006). Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program. Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33 (6): 629-635.
Brolin M, Horgan CM, Amaro H, Doonan M (2005). Substance Abuse Treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Gaps, Consequences and Solutions. Waltham, MA: The Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November.
Daley M, Shepard DS, Bury-Maynard D (2005). Changes in Quality of Life for Pregnant Women in Substance User Treatment: Developing a Quality of Life Index for the Addictions. Substance Use & Misuse 40 (3): 375-94.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW (2005). The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; January 10.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Pettinati HM (2005). The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2): 199-207.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Kreiner P, Soldz S, Berger M, Elliott E, Reynes J, Williams C, Rodriguez-Howard M (2001). Social Indicator-Based Measures of Substance Abuse Consequences, Risk, and Protection at the Town Level. Journal of Primary Prevention 22 (3): 339-365.
Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Larson MJ, Cavanaugh D (1998). Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Managed Care: the Massachusetts Medicaid Experience. In: Schamess G, Lightburn A, eds. Humane Managed Care. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 134-144..
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
McCarty D, McGuire TG, Harwood HJ, Field T (1998). Using State Information Systems for Drug Abuse Services Research. American Behavioral Scientist 41 (8): 1090-1106.
Merrick EL (1998). Treatment of Major Depression before and after Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan. Psychiatric Services 49 (12): 1563-1567.
Edmunds M, Frank RG, Hogan M, McCarty D, Robinson-Beale R, Weisner C, eds. (1997). Managing Managed Care: Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Committee on Quality Assurance and Accreditation Guidelines for Managed Behavioral Health Care, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Health, Divison of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine ed. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
 
Core Competency: High Risk & Costly Populations
Topic: Prevention & Epidemiology
Citation
 
Bernstein J, Bernstein E, Shepard DS, Valentine A, Heeren T, Winter M, Levenson S, Beaston-Blaakman A, Tassiopoulos K, Hingson R (2006). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health and Health Care Lessons from an Inner-City Patient Population Actively Using Heroin and Cocaine. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5 (2): 35-50.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
Shepard DS, Calabro JAB, Love CT, McKay JR, Tetreault J, Yeom HS (2006). Counselor Incentives to Improve Client Retention in an Outpatient Substance Abuse Aftercare Program. Administration and Policy in Mental Health & Mental Health Services Research 33 (6): 629-635.
Capitman J, Bhalotra S, Ruwe M (2005). Cancer and Elders of Color: Opportunities for Reducing Health Disparities: Evidence Review and Recommendations for Research and Policy. Burlington VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Horgan CM, Garnick DW (2005). The Quality of Care for Adults with Mental and Addictive Disorders: Issues in Performance Measurement. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University; January 10.
Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Ritter G, Gadzuk A (2005). The Incentive Effects on Self-Report of Drug Use and Other Measures of Response Quality in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 191-217.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Pettinati HM (2005). The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2): 199-207.
Ritter G, Reif S, Gadzuk A, Krenzke T, Mohadjer L, Lee MT, Horgan CM (2005). Incentive Effects on Cooperation Rates and Sample Composition in the Alcohol and Drug Services Study. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 30 (2-3): 171-189.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Strickler GK (2004). A Publicly Managed Substance Abuse Carve-out: Effects on Spending and Utilization. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 31 (3): 197-217.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase II: Client Record Abstract Report. Rockville, MD: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for SAMHSA. DHHS Publication No. SMA 04-3974, Analytic Series No. A-27.
Reif S, Horgan CM, Ritter G, Tompkins CP (2004). The Impact of Employment Counseling on Substance User Treatment Participation and Outcomes. Substance Use & Misuse 39 (13-14): 2391-2424.
Simoni-Wastila L, Ross-Degnan D, Mah C, Gao XM, Brown J, Cosler LE, Fanning T, Gallagher P, Salzman C, Soumerai SB (2004). A Retrospective Data Analysis of the Impact of the New York Triplicate Prescription Program on Benzodiazepine Use in Medicaid Patients with Chronic Psychiatric and Neurologic Disorders. Clinical Therapeutics 26 (2): 322-336.
Thomas CP, McCarty D (2004). Adoption of Drug Abuse Treatment Technology in Specialty and Primary Care. In: Harwood HJ, Myers TG, eds. In: New Treatments for Addiction: Behavioral, Ethical, Legal, and Social Questions. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 140-172.
Ettner SL, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Liu H (2003). How Did the Introduction of Managed Care for the Uninsured in Iowa Affect the Use of Substance Abuse Services? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 26-40.
Krevor BS, Capitman J, Oblak L, Cannon JB, Ruwe M (2003). Preventing Illegal Tobacco and Alcohol Sales to Minors through Electronic Age-Verification Devices: a Field Effectiveness Study. Journal of Public Health Policy 24 (3-4): 251-268.
McCarty D, Dilonardo J, Argeriou M (2003). State Substance Abuse and Mental Health Managed Care Evaluation Program. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 30 (1): 7-17.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Pettinati HM, Shepard DS (2003). An Examination of Potential Sex and Race Effects in a Study of Continuing Care for Alcohol- and Cocaine-Dependent Patients. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27 (8): 1321-1323.
Trent CR, Anthony YE (2003). The Endemic Relationship of Crime and Substance Abuse in Urban Communities: A Case Study - the City of Detroit. Detroit, MI & Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May 15.
Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Faulkner D, Bryson S (2002). Managed Care Plans' Requirements for Screening for Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Problems in Primary Care. American Journal of Managed Care 8 (10): 879-888.
Hodgkin D, Shepard DS, Beinecke RH (2002). Management of Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment by Medical Plans: Michigan Providers' Experience. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 20 (1): 79-96.
Krevor BS, Lieberman A, Gerlack K (2002). Application of Consumer Protection Authority in Preventing Tobacco Sales to Minors. Tobacco Control 11: 109-111.
Krevor BS (2002). Preventing Illegal Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Sales to Minors through Electronic Age Verification Devices: A Field Effectiveness Study. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Miller Brewing Company; January.
Shepard DS (2002). Evidence-Based Public Health (Commentary): Integrated Medical and Substance Abuse Treatment Increases Abstinence Rates for People with Substance Abuse-Related Medical Condition. Evidence-Based Healthcare 6 (2): 51-52.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Kreiner P, Soldz S, Berger M, Elliott E, Reynes J, Williams C, Rodriguez-Howard M (2001). Social Indicator-Based Measures of Substance Abuse Consequences, Risk, and Protection at the Town Level. Journal of Primary Prevention 22 (3): 339-365.
McCarty D (2000). Between Despair and Hope: Health Services Research on Treatment of Alcohol Abuse. Addiction 95 (Supplement 3): S439-S447.
McCarty D, Caspi U, Panas L, Krakow M, Mulligan DH (2000). Detoxification Centers: Who's in the Revolving Door? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (3): 245-256.
Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.
Simoni-Wastila L (2000). The Use of Abusable Prescription Drugs: The Role of Gender. Journal of Womens Health & Gender-Based Medicine 9 (3): 289-297.
Soldz S, Kreiner P, Clark T, Krakow M (2000). Tobacco Use Among Massachusetts Youth: Is Tobacco Control Working? Preventive Medicine 31 (4): 287-295.
Bray RM, Fairbank JA, Marsden ME (1999). Stress and Substance Use Among Military Women and Men. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 25 (2): 239-256.
Krevor BS, Strickler G (1999). Preventing Teenage Access to Tobacco: A Report to the National Association of Attorneys General. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; June.
Bray RM, Marsden ME, eds. (1998). Drug Use in Metropolitan America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Doonan M (1998). Will Alcohol be the Next Tobacco? Issue Brief No. 3. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November 12.
Simoni-Wastila L (1998). Gender and Psychotropic Drug Use. Medical Care 36 (1): 88-94.
Zwick WR, Larson M, Stout R, Zywiak W, Shepard DS, Feldman J, Rubin A (1998). Medical Utilization Based Opportunities for Early Case Identification of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 22 (3): 43A.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Goodman M, Rivera M (1997). Assessment of the Massachusetts Medicaid Managed Behavioral Health Program: Year Three. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 24 (3): 205-220.
Daley M, Argeriou M (1997). Characteristics and Treatment Needs of Sexually Abused Pregnant Women in Drug Rehabilitation: The Massachusetts MOTHERS Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (2): 191-196.
Beinecke RH, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Cavanaugh DA, Larson MJ (1996). The Massachusetts Mental Health Substance Abuse Managed Care Program: The Providers' View. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 379-391.
McCarty D, LaPrade J, Botticelli M (1996). Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Services: Massachusetts' Policies and Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (5): 429-438.
 
Topic: Co-occurrence of Behavioral Disorders
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Bernstein J, Bernstein E, Shepard DS, Valentine A, Heeren T, Winter M, Levenson S, Beaston-Blaakman A, Tassiopoulos K, Hingson R (2006). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health and Health Care Lessons from an Inner-City Patient Population Actively Using Heroin and Cocaine. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5 (2): 35-50.
Markoff L, Finkelstein N, Kammerer N, Kreiner P, Prost C (2005). Relational Systems Change: Implementing a Model of Change in Integrating Services for Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders and Histories of Trauma. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 32 (2): 227-240.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Morgenstern J, Forman RF, Pettinati HM (2005). Do Patient Characteristics and Initial Progress in Treatment Moderate the Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Substance Use Disorders? Addiction 100 (2): 216-226.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Pettinati HM (2005). The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2): 199-207.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase II: Client Record Abstract Report. Rockville, MD: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for SAMHSA. DHHS Publication No. SMA 04-3974, Analytic Series No. A-27.
Simoni-Wastila L, Ritter G, Strickler G (2004). Gender and Other Factors Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Abusable Prescription Drugs. Substance Use & Misuse 39 (1): 1-23.
Simoni-Wastila L, Strickler G (2004). Risk Factors Associated with Problem Use of Prescription Drugs. American Journal of Public Health 94 (2): 266-268.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D, Cenczyk R, Lusenhop RW, Bhalotra S (2003). The Provision of Mental Health Services in Managed Care Organizations. Rockville, MD: Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. DHHS Publication Number (SMA) 03-3797.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Pettinati HM, Shepard DS (2003). An Examination of Potential Sex and Race Effects in a Study of Continuing Care for Alcohol- and Cocaine-Dependent Patients. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 27 (8): 1321-1323.
Trent CR, Anthony YE (2003). The Endemic Relationship of Crime and Substance Abuse in Urban Communities: A Case Study - the City of Detroit. Detroit, MI & Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May 15.
Garnick DW, Lee MT, Chalk M, Gastfriend DR, Horgan CM, McCorry F, McLellan AT, Merrick EL (2002). Establishing the Feasibility of Performance Measures for Alcohol and Other Drugs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 23 (4): 375-385.
Beinecke RH, Shepard DS, Tetreault J, Hodgkin D, Marckres J (2001). Substance Abuse Providers' Assessment of the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Program: Year 6. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 28 (6): 443-457.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Bray RM, Marsden ME (2000). Trends in Substance Use Among US Military Personnel: The Impact of Changing Demographic Composition. Substance Use & Misuse 35 (6-8): 949-969.
Bray RM, Fairbank JA, Marsden ME (1999). Stress and Substance Use Among Military Women and Men. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 25 (2): 239-256.
Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (1999). Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low-Income Americans. Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 73-95.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Daley M, Argeriou M (1997). Characteristics and Treatment Needs of Sexually Abused Pregnant Women in Drug Rehabilitation: The Massachusetts MOTHERS Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (2): 191-196.
Garnick DW, Hendricks AM, Drainoni ML, Horgan CM, Comstock C (1996). Private Sector Coverage of People with Dual Diagnoses. Journal of Mental Health Administration 23 (3): 317-328.
Levine HJ, Strickler G, Watson K, Drainoni ML, Beatrice DF (1996). Profile of Adult SSI and SSDI Beneficiatires with Disabilities: The Kaiser Consumer Survey. Waltham, MA: Center for Vulnerable Populations, Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; February 7.
McCarty D, LaPrade J, Botticelli M (1996). Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Services: Massachusetts' Policies and Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (5): 429-438.
 
Topic: Behavioral Health Components of Disease
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Bernstein J, Bernstein E, Shepard DS, Valentine A, Heeren T, Winter M, Levenson S, Beaston-Blaakman A, Tassiopoulos K, Hingson R (2006). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health and Health Care Lessons from an Inner-City Patient Population Actively Using Heroin and Cocaine. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5 (2): 35-50.
Hall W, Doran C, Degenhardt L, Shepard DS (2006). Illicit Opiate Abuse. In: Jamison D, et al., eds. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. 2nd Edition ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 907-932.
McKay JR, Lynch KG, Shepard DS, Pettinati HM (2005). The Effectiveness of Telephone-Based Continuing Care for Alcohol and Cocaine Dependence: 24-Month Outcomes. Archives of General Psychiatry 62 (2): 199-207.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shevitz AH, Wilson IB, McDermott AY, Spiegelman D, Skinner SC, Antonsson K, Layne JE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Shepard DS, Gorbach SL (2005). A Comparison of the Clinical and Cost-Effectiveness of 3 Intervention Strategies for AIDS Wasting. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 38 (4): 399-406.
Lee MT, Garnick DW, Miller K, Horgan CM (2004). Adolescents with Substance Abuse: Are Health Plans Missing Them? Psychiatric Services 55 (2): 116.
Horgan CM, Merrick EL, Garnick DW, Hodgkin D (2002). Alcohol and Drug Services under Managed Care: Getting into Specialty Treatment. [In: Magura, S, Horgan, CM, Mertens, JR, Shepard, DS, eds. Effects of Managed Care on Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Treatment. Special Issue]. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 26 (3): 416-422.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2001). Access to Services in the Substance Abuse Treatment System: Variations by Facility Characteristics. In: Galanter M, ed. Recent Developments in Alcoholism: Services Research in the Era of Managed Care. Vol 15. New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 137-156.
Goodridge LJ, Capitman J (2000). Adolescents at Risk for HIV Infection. In: Lynch VJ, ed. HIV/AIDS at Year 2000: A Source Book for Social Workers. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 123-137.
McKay JR, Alterman AI, Cacciola JS, O'Brien CP, Koppenhaver JM, Shepard DS (1999). Continuing Care for Cocaine Dependence: Comprehensive 2-year Outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 67 (3): 420-427.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Doonan M (1998). Will Alcohol be the Next Tobacco? Issue Brief No. 3. Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; November 12.
Zwick WR, Larson M, Stout R, Zywiak W, Shepard DS, Feldman J, Rubin A (1998). Medical Utilization Based Opportunities for Early Case Identification of Alcohol Abuse/Dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 22 (3): 43A.
Larson MJ, Samet JH, McCarty D (1997). Managed Care of Substance Abuse Disorders: Implications for Generalist Physicians. Medical Clinics of North America 81 (4): 1053-1069.
Shepard DS, Larson MJ, Legros N, Stout RL (1997). Health Costs of Alcohol Patients in a HMO. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (Supplement) 21 (3): 36A.
McCarty D, LaPrade J, Botticelli M (1996). Substance Abuse Treatment and HIV Services: Massachusetts' Policies and Programs. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 13 (5): 429-438.
 
Topic: Special Populations
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Bernstein J, Bernstein E, Shepard DS, Valentine A, Heeren T, Winter M, Levenson S, Beaston-Blaakman A, Tassiopoulos K, Hingson R (2006). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health and Health Care Lessons from an Inner-City Patient Population Actively Using Heroin and Cocaine. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 5 (2): 35-50.
Lee MT, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Cavanaugh DA (2006). Constructing Adolescent Substance Abuse Performance Measures Using Administrative Data. Journal of Healthcare Quality 28 (3): 42-48, 59.
Thomas CP, Conrad P, Casler R, Goodman E (2006). Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Adolescents, 1994 to 2001. Psychiatric Services 57 (1): 63-69.
Daley M, Shepard DS, Bury-Maynard D (2005). Changes in Quality of Life for Pregnant Women in Substance User Treatment: Developing a Quality of Life Index for the Addictions. Substance Use & Misuse 40 (3): 375-94.
Daley M (2005). Race, Managed Care, and the Quality of Substance Abuse Treatment. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 457-476.
Markoff L, Finkelstein N, Kammerer N, Kreiner P, Prost C (2005). Relational Systems Change: Implementing a Model of Change in Integrating Services for Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders and Histories of Trauma. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 32 (2): 227-240.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Guest Editors (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: A Report on the First Statewide Carve-Out: A Special Double Issue. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-476.
Shepard DS, Beinecke RH, Daley M, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.
Shepard DS, Strickler GK, McAuliffe WE, Beaston-Blaakman A, Rahman M, Anderson TE (2005). Unmet Need for Substance Abuse Treatment of Adults in Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 403-426.
Bhalotra S (2004). Book Review: How Healthy Are We? A National Study of Well-Being at Midlife (edited by OG Brim, CD Ryff, RC Kessler). The New England Journal of Medicine 351 (23): 2460-2461.
Daley M, Love CT, Shepard DS, Peterson CB, White KT, Hall F (2004). Cost-Effectiveness of Connecticut's In-Prison Substance Abuse Treatment. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 39 (3): 69-92.
Lee MT, Garnick DW, Miller K, Horgan CM (2004). Adolescents with Substance Abuse: Are Health Plans Missing Them? Psychiatric Services 55 (2): 116.
Lee MT, Reif S, Ritter G, Levine HJ, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study Phase II: Client Record Abstract Report. Rockville, MD: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for SAMHSA. DHHS Publication No. SMA 04-3974, Analytic Series No. A-27.
Levine HJ, Reif S, Lee MT, Ritter G, Horgan CM (2004). Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS). The National Treatment System: Outpatient Methadone Facilities. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies.
Reif S, Horgan CM, Ritter G, Tompkins CP (2004). The Impact of Employment Counseling on Substance User Treatment Participation and Outcomes. Substance Use & Misuse 39 (13-14): 2391-2424.
Simoni-Wastila L, Ritter G, Strickler G (2004). Gender and Other Factors Associated with the Nonmedical Use of Abusable Prescription Drugs. Substance Use & Misuse 39 (1): 1-23.
Simoni-Wastila L, Strickler G (2004). Risk Factors Associated with Problem Use of Prescription Drugs. American Journal of Public Health 94 (2): 266-268.
Krevor BS, Capitman J, Oblak L, Cannon JB, Ruwe M (2003). Preventing Illegal Tobacco and Alcohol Sales to Minors through Electronic Age-Verification Devices: a Field Effectiveness Study. Journal of Public Health Policy 24 (3-4): 251-268.
Marsden ME, Reif S, Pieroni M, Levine HJ, Lee MT, Ritter G, Horgan CM (2003). Client Populations in Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities. In: Alcohol and Drug Services Study (ADSS): The National Substance Abuse Treatment System: Facilities, Clients, Services, and Staffing (online only). Schneider Instititute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University. Available at: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/adss/adssorg.pdf.
Trent CR, Anthony YE (2003). The Endemic Relationship of Crime and Substance Abuse in Urban Communities: A Case Study - the City of Detroit. Detroit, MI & Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; May 15.
Krevor BS, Lieberman A, Gerlack K (2002). Application of Consumer Protection Authority in Preventing Tobacco Sales to Minors. Tobacco Control 11: 109-111.
Krevor BS (2002). Preventing Illegal Alcoholic Beverage and Tobacco Sales to Minors through Electronic Age Verification Devices: A Field Effectiveness Study. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University for the Miller Brewing Company; January.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2001). The Impact of Substance Abuse Treatment Modality on Birth Weight and Health Care Expenditures. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 33 (1): 57-66.
Horgan CM, Strickler G, Skwara K (2001). Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem - Key Indicators for Policy - Update. Waltham, MA: Schneider Insitute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; February.
Bray RM, Marsden ME (2000). Trends in Substance Use Among US Military Personnel: The Impact of Changing Demographic Composition. Substance Use & Misuse 35 (6-8): 949-969.
Cavanaugh DA, Lippitt J, Moyo O (2000). Resource Guide to Selected Federal Policies Affecting Children's Social and Emotional Development and Their Readiness for School. Off to a Good Start: Risk Factors for Academic and Behavioral Problems at the Beginning of School and Selected Federal Policies Affecting Children's Social and Emotional Development and Their Readiness for School. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina; FPG Child Development Center, 95-221.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D, Callahan JJ, Shepard DS, Williams CN (2000). The Costs of Crime and the Benefits of Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 19 (4): 445-458.
Goodridge LJ, Capitman J (2000). Adolescents at Risk for HIV Infection. In: Lynch VJ, ed. HIV/AIDS at Year 2000: A Source Book for Social Workers. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 123-137.
McCarty D, Caspi U, Panas L, Krakow M, Mulligan DH (2000). Detoxification Centers: Who's in the Revolving Door? Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 27 (3): 245-256.
Schmidt L, McCarty D (2000). Welfare Reform and the Changing Landscape of Substance Abuse Services for Low-Income Women. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research 24 (8): 1298-1311.
Simoni-Wastila L (2000). The Use of Abusable Prescription Drugs: The Role of Gender. Journal of Womens Health & Gender-Based Medicine 9 (3): 289-297.
Bray RM, Fairbank JA, Marsden ME (1999). Stress and Substance Use Among Military Women and Men. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 25 (2): 239-256.
Horgan CM, Hodgkin D (1999). Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Among Low-Income Populations. In: Lillie-Blanton M, Martinez RM, Lyons B, Rowland D, eds. Access to Health Care: Promises and Prospects for Low-Income Americans. Washington, DC: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 73-95.
Krevor BS, Strickler G (1999). Preventing Teenage Access to Tobacco: A Report to the National Association of Attorneys General. Waltham, MA: Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University; June.
Shonkoff J, Lippitt J, Cavanaugh DA (1999). Early Childhood Policy: Implications for Infant Mental Health. In: Zeanah CH, ed. Handbook of Infant Mental Heatlh. Second ed. New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc., Section VI, Chapter 33.
Bray RM, Marsden ME, eds. (1998). Drug Use in Metropolitan America. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Capitman J, Nichols CA, Sciegaj M, Restuccia R, Miller M, Staton A, Krevor BS, Meredith J (1998). Funding Children's Health Care Through State Tobacco Taxes: Building Winning Coalitions with New and Unexpected Allies. Waltham, MA: The Heller School, Brandeis University, Health Care for All, Tobacco Control Resource Center and Community Catalyst; July.
Daley M, Argeriou M, McCarty D (1998). Substance Abuse Treatment for Pregnant Women: A Window of Opportunity? Addictive Behaviors 23 (2): 239-249.
Simoni-Wastila L (1998). Gender and Psychotropic Drug Use. Medical Care 36 (1): 88-94.
Argeriou M, Daley M (1997). An Examination of Racial and Ethnic Differences with a Sample of Hispanic, White (Non-Hispanic), and African-American Medicaid-Eligible Pregnant Substance Abusers. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (5): 489-498.
Daley M, Argeriou M (1997). Characteristics and Treatment Needs of Sexually Abused Pregnant Women in Drug Rehabilitation: The Massachusetts MOTHERS Project. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 14 (2): 191-196.
Bachman SS, Drainoni ML, Strickler G, Dittmar N, Shon S (1996). Utilization of a State Hospital by Urban and Rural Local Mental Health Authorities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 23 (5): 439-454.
 
Topic: Uninsured, Underinsured
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