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Membership Briefing Book: Table of Contents


 

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  1. Work Plan  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  2. Background on Maryland Health Care Commonwealth Fund – Statistical Profile

  3. Maryland Statutes Governing Practitioner Reimbursement  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  4. Reports on Health Care Practitioner Payment Reform in Maryland:

Evaluation of the Desirability and Feasibility of a Statewide Uniform Payment System  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

The Feasibility and Desirability of Developing a Provider Rate Setting  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

System that Establishes Minimum and Maximum Reimbursement for Health Care Services

 

Feasibility of Including Hospital and University-Based Physicians in the Hospital Rate Setting System

 

Report on Increasing Reimbursement Rates for Physicians participating in the  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Maryland Children’s Health Program – May 2006

  1. Balance Billing Reform: 

Study of the Balance Billing Prohibition in Maryland  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

  1. Uncompensated Charity and Under-Compensated Care Provided in Maryland:  What We Know and Estimates of the Cost of Subsidizing This Care  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Payments Adequacy and Level of Uncompensated Care Adequacy of Payments  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Relative to Costs and Implications for Maryland Health Care Providers

  1. Trends: Health Spending by State of Residence, 1991-2004

  2. Network Participation

Final Order:  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Alan Pollack, M.D., Scott Maurer M.D. & The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland (Complaints)

vs.

United Healthcare Insurance Company, United Health of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.; M.D. Individual Practice Association, Inc; Optimum Choice, Inc.; MAMSI Life and Health Insurance Company & Alliance PPO, LLC (Licensees)

  1. Payment System reform national proposals:

     

    Evidence-Informed Case Rates: A New Health Care Payment Model

    The Commonwealth Fund

Paying for Care Episodes and Care Coordination

 

Universal Health Care Coverage A Potential Hybrid Solution (article)

  1. Efficient Delivery of Health Care Services

Dartmouth Atlas Project Topic Briefs:

Effective Care  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Preference-Sensitive Care  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Supply Sensitive Care  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

Perspective: Taking Steps Toward Integration

ACR Benchmarking Survey, 2002

Formulas for Benchmarking

Managing Medical Resources

Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Growth in Medical Care

  1. Practitioner Supply and Organization

Physician Supply and Demand: Projections to 2020  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration Bureau of Health Professions October 2006

 

Tracking Report – Center for Studying Health System Change, August 2007

Physicians Moving to Mid-Sized, Single-Specialty Practices

 

Tracking Report – Center for Studying Health System Change, June 2007

Exodus of Male Physicians from Primary Care Drives Shift to Specialty Practice

 

Tracking Report – Center for Studying Health System Change, June 2006

Losing Ground: Physician Income, 1995-2003

  1. Differences in Physician Reimbursement Across Specialties  This is a .pdf file and requires Acrobat Reader

 

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