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Price-Shopping In Consumer Directed Health Plans, Neeraj Sood, Zach Wagner, Peter Huckfeldt, Amelia Haviland
Price-Shopping In Consumer Directed Health Plans, Neeraj Sood, Zach Wagner, Peter Huckfeldt, Amelia Haviland
Peter J. Huckfeldt
No abstract provided.
The Effect Of Prospective Payment On Admission And Treatment Policy: Evidence From Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Neeraj Sood, Peter Huckfeldt, David Grabowski, Joe Newhouse, Jose Escarce
The Effect Of Prospective Payment On Admission And Treatment Policy: Evidence From Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Neeraj Sood, Peter Huckfeldt, David Grabowski, Joe Newhouse, Jose Escarce
Peter J. Huckfeldt
We examine provider responses to the Medicare inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) prospective payment system (PPS), which simultaneously reduced marginal reimbursement and increased average reimbursement. IRFs could respond to the PPS by changing the number of patients admitted, admitting different types of patients, or changing the intensity of care. We use Medicare claims data to separately estimate each type of provider response. We also examine changes in patient outcomes and spillover effects on other post-acute care providers. We find that costs of care initially fell following the PPS, which we attribute to changes in treatment decisions rather than the characteristics of …
Medicare Payment Reform And Provider Entry And Exit, Peter Huckfeldt, Neeraj Sood, John Romley, Alessandro Malchiodi, Jose Escarce
Medicare Payment Reform And Provider Entry And Exit, Peter Huckfeldt, Neeraj Sood, John Romley, Alessandro Malchiodi, Jose Escarce
Peter J. Huckfeldt
Objective. To understand the impacts of Medicare payment reform on the entry and exit of post-acute providers. Data Sources. Medicare Provider of Services data, Cost Reports, and Census data from 1991 through 2010. Study Design. We examined market-level changes in entry and exit after payment reforms relative to a preexisting time trend. We also compared changes in high Medicare share markets relative to lower Medicare share markets and for freestanding relative to hospital-based facilities. Data Extraction Methods. We calculated market-level entry, exit, and total stock of home health agencies, skilled nursing facilities, and inpatient rehabilitation facilities from Provider of Services …
Quantifying The Value Of Personalized Medicines: Evidence From Cox-2 Inhibitors, Neeraj Sood, Tomas Philipson, Peter Huckfeldt
Quantifying The Value Of Personalized Medicines: Evidence From Cox-2 Inhibitors, Neeraj Sood, Tomas Philipson, Peter Huckfeldt
Peter J. Huckfeldt
No abstract provided.