Research Area: Acute and Chronic Health Care

Publications by Topics

Topic: Public & Private Financing

Citation

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

Citation

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.

Thomas CP, Wallack SS, Martin TC (2005). How Do Seniors Use Their Prescription Drug Discount Cards? Health Affairs Web Exclusive: W5-180-190.

Mechanic RE (2004). Medicaid's Disproportionate Share Hospital Program: Complex Structure -- Critical Payments: Background Paper. Washington, DC: National Health Policy Forum; September.

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.

Mechanic RE (2003). What Will Become of the Medical Mecca? Health Spending in Massachusetts. Health Affairs 22 (6): 130-141.

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.

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.

Seifert B (2002). The Uncompensated Care Pool: Saving the Safety Net. Boston, MA: The Access Project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Research Area: Behavioral Health

Publications by Topics

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, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.

Harris K, Thomas CP (2004). Naltrexone and Pharmacy Benefit Management. Journal of Addictive Diseases 23 (4): 11-29.

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, 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.

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.

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, Hurley C (2005). Managed Behavioral Health: Lessons from Massachusetts. Administration and Policy in Mental Health 32 (4): 311-319.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Research Area: International Health

Publications by Topics

Topic: Public & Private Financing

Citation

Nandakumar AK (2005). Costing of the Mongolian Essential Health Package. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Asian Development Bank and Mongolian Ministry of Health; November.

Nandakumar AK, Tsolmongerel T, Bulganchimeg B (2005). Hospital Costing Study in Mongolia. Ulaanbaatar: Asian Development Bank and Mongolian Ministry of Health.

Orgil B, Tsolmongerel T, Jargalsaikhan N, Surenchimeg V, Nyamkhorol D, Nandakumar AK (2005). Costing the Mongolian Essential Health Package. Ulaanbaatar: Asian Development Bank and Mongolian Ministry of Health..

Saich T, Kaufman JA (2005). Financial Reform, Poverty, and the Impact on Reproductive Health Provision: Evidence from Three Rural Townships. In: Yasheng H, Saich A, Steinfeld E, eds. Financial Sector Reform in China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center Publications, 178-203.

Leutz W, Ikegami N (2004). Coordinating Medical Care and Long-Term Care: Field Report from Japan (online only). International Journal of Integrated Care. Available at: http://www.ijic.org/newsletter.

Leutz W (2004). Japanese Long-Term Care Insurance: Pilot Test of Methods to Evaluate Impacts on Client Needs and on the Coordination of LTCI and Health Care. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University.

Azzam O, Nandakumar AK, Ministry of Health (2003). Discussion Paper on Health Financing Policy for Samoa: Ministry of Health Preferred Option. Samoa: Confidential paper prepared by the Ministry of Health, Samoa. Funded by the World Bank and prepared for the Ministry of Health, Samoa..

Altman SH, Shactman D, eds. (2002). Policies for an Aging Society. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Kaufman JA, Fang J (2002). Health Services Privatisation and the Reproductive Health of Rural Chinese Women. Reproductive Health Matters 10 (20): 108-116.

Nandakumar AK, Wilwerding J, Bhawalkar M, Arbaji A (2002). Jordan Healthcare Utilization and Expenditure Survey, 2000. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, prepared for the Ministry of Health, Jordan, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

Azzam O, Nandakumar AK, NHA Team (2001). Samoa National Health Accounts. Apia: Department of Health, Government of Samoa..

Mawajdeh S, Khouri S, Qtaishet M, Khoury R, Nandakumar AK, Bhawalkar M, Arbaji A (2001). Rationing Staffing Patterns and Cost Analysis of Primary Care Services in Jordan. Primary Health Care Initiative Project, Bethesda, MD: Abt Associates.

Shepard DS (2001). Public-Private Collaborations in Health Care: Lessons from India. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 13 (4): 277-278.

Ammar W, Fakha H, Azzam O, Khoury RF, Mattar C, Halabi M, Aoudat D, Srour K, Nandakumar AK, Mechbal AH (2000). Lebanon National Health Accounts. Lebanon: World Health Organization..

Nandakumar AK, Reich M, Chawla M, Berman P., Yip W (2000). Health Reform for Children: The Egyptian Experience with School Health Insurance. Health Policy 50 (3): 155-170.

Nandakumar AK, Schneider P, Bhawalkar M, Butera D (2000). Use of and Expenditure on Health Services by a Group of HIV+ Individuals in Rwanda. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, prepared for the Ministry of Health, Rwanda, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

Moreland S, Nandakumar AK (1999). Household Expenditures on Health in Egypt: Evidence from Two Recent Surveys. Studies in Middle Eastern Health. Ann Arbor MI: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan.

Nandakumar AK, Abdul-Latif M, El-Beih W (1999). Options for Financing Health services in the Pilot Facilities in Alexandria. Bethesda, MD: Technical Report 36, Partnerships for Health Reform Project, Bethesda, MD; August.

Shepard DS, Anthony YE, Lalta S, Davis K, McNaught A (1999). Health Reform in Jamaica: Progress in the Hospital Sector. Caribbean Health 8 (1): 12-13.

Frere JJ, Nandakumar AK (1998). Costing the Basic Benefits Package in Egypt. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development; December.

Garg CG, Nandakumar AK, Berman P (1998). Equity in Financing and Utilization of Health Care in India. Boston, MA: Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development.

Rannan-Eliya RP, Blanco-Vidal C, Nandakumar AK (1998). The Distribution of Health Care Resources in Egypt: Implications for Equity: An Analysis Using a National Health Accounts Framework. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development,.

Shepard DS, Anthony YE, McNaught A, Davis K (1998). Evaluation of Health Sector Initiatives Program. Kingston, Jamaica: Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University; September 21.

El Fattah HA, Saleh I, Ezzat E, El-Saharty S, El-Adawy M, Nandakumar AK, Connor C, Salah H (1997). The Health Insurance Organization of Egypt: An Analytical Review and Strategy for Reform. Bethesda, MD: Partnership for Health Reform Project.

Topic: National Health Accounts

Citation

Nandakumar AK (2005). Conceptualization and Preliminary Recommendations for Developing or Strengthening NHA, and Systems at National and Sub-National Levels. Waltham, MA: Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller School, Brandeis University, for the Center for Global Development; August.

Nandakumar AK, Bhawalkar M, Tien M, Ramos R, Susna D (2004). Synthesis of Findings from NHA Studies in Twenty Six Countries. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates; July.

Bhawalkar M, Susna D, Maier M, Martinez R, Nandakumar AK, Tien M (2003). Understanding NHA: The Methodology and Implementation Process Primer for Policy Makers. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Funded by the United States Agency for International Development; May.

Nandakumar AK, Azzam O, NHA Team (2003). The Samoa National Health Accounts for FY 2000/01. Apia: Ministry of Health and World Bank. Funded by the World Bank and prepared for the Ministry of Health, Samoa..

Susna D, Dmytraczenko T, Chanfreau C, Kombe G, Fairbank A, Nandakumar AK (2003). Application of the National Health Accounts HIV/AIDS Subanalysis to the Resource Flow Project. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Funded by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute; November.

Susna D, Dmytraczenko T, Chanfreau C, Kombe G, Fairbank A, Nandakumar AK (2003). Note on Measuring Population Expenditures at a Subnational Level Using a National Health Accounts Framework. Cambridge, MA: Abt Associates, Funded by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute; November.

Azzam O, Nandakumar AK, NHA Team (2001). Samoa National Health Accounts. Apia: Department of Health, Government of Samoa..

Barnett C, Bhawalkar M, Nandakumar AK, Schneider P (2001). The Application of the National Health Accounts Framework to HIV/AIDS in Rwanda. Bethesda, MD: Partnerships for Health Reform Project. Special Initiatives Report No. 31.

Al-Gohly F, Abdul-Mughni AT, Nasser N, Hashid AWA, Ali AW, Maeda A, Nandakumar AK (2000). Yemen National Health Accounts. Sana'a, Yemen: World Bank..

Ammar W, Fakha H, Azzam O, Khoury RF, Mattar C, Halabi M, Aoudat D, Srour K, Nandakumar AK, Mechbal AH (2000). Lebanon National Health Accounts. Lebanon: World Health Organization..

Maier M, Susna D, Nandakumar AK, Bura M, Cripps G (2000). NHA: Regional Policy Brief: Eastern, Central and Southern Africa: Using NHA to Inform the Policy Process. Bethesda, MD: Partnership for Health Reform Project, Abt Associates, Inc..

Nandakumar AK, Banks D, Bhawalkar M, Shehata M, Brosk M, El-Samen TA, Saif JA, Fardous T, Ideh M, Al-Shatwieen L, Qtaishet M, Irshad H, Ziadat Z, Al-Madani A (2000). Jordan National Health Accounts. Bethesda, MD: Technical Report 49, Partnerships for Health Reform, Abt Associates; March.

Schneider P, Nandakumar AK, Porignon D, Bhawalkar M, Butera D, Barnett C. (2000). Rwanda National Health Accounts. Bethesda, MD: Special Initiatives Report No. 53, Partnerships for Health Reform Project.

Topic: Community Based Health Insurance

Citation

Nandakumar AK, Reich M, Chawla M, Berman P., Yip W (2000). Health Reform for Children: The Egyptian Experience with School Health Insurance. Health Policy 50 (3): 155-170.

Cameron CSM, Shepard DS, Mulwa J (1996). Caring for Persons with AIDS (PWA) in Botswana: Is Home-Based Care the Answer? In: Mann J, Tarantola DJM, eds. AIDS in the World. Vol 2. New York: Oxford University Press, 405-407.