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Showing 1 to 20 of 307 for “"medicare"”.
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Physician response to medicare fee regulations
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1994.
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Upcoding in Medicare Population; Evolving frequencies of comorbidities among Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
… of patients’ comorbidities. Settings: 5% Medicare database. Participants: 336,856 COPD hospitalizations over six-year period, 07/01/2009-06/31/2015. Methods: We divided comorbidities into three main categories based on their odds (ORs) of predicting mortality in the year prior to the study …
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Spatial Analysis of Medicare Hospital Utilization in Texas
The purpose of this investigation was to analyze data and define geographic health distribution patterns at the zip code level in Texas. Health service areas are regions where people, for the most part, utilize a common set of health care providers. The boundaries of the health service areas, as …
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Evaluating the Patient-Centeredness of Medicare Part D
The implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit: "Part D") has brought about many changes in the provision of prescription medications to adults with serious mental illness. Existing research on the impact of Part D on this population, for the most part, examines the benefit from the …
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Motivating Factors of Volunteers Serving Medicare Certified Hospice Programs
1 PDF file (55 leaves)
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Essays on prescription drug benefits in Medicare managed care
… demand model for prescription drug benefits by Medicare beneficiaries using data from the Medicare HMO program. I then use the utility parameter estimates to explore other questions of interest relating to the elderly's demand for prescription drug benefits. In Chapter 1, I study the question of …
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Determinants of physician participation in the medicare assignment program
The Medicare Participating Physician Program was enacted in 1984 in an effort to increase physician assignment of Medicare claims, and thereby reduce beneficiary out of-pocket expenses. The program offers the physician the security of near-certain payment on all claims, although at rates that are …
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Factors that Impact Readmission for Medicare and Medicaid HMO Inpatients
… because the U.S. Government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services uses a 30-day period for measuring treatment quality and reimbursement for many conditions. Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify demographic factors associated with 30-day readmission for patients …
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Hospital quality and medicare payment: A theoretical and empirical investigation
<p>Does Medicare's payment rate for a hospital stay influence the quality of care received by a patient? We examine this question, theoretically and empirically. First, a model is developed which generates the key hypothesis -- that Medicare's payment rate per admission should be positively related …
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Medicare Plan D: Impact on Medication Compliance in the Elderly
This dissertation examined the impact of Medicare Plan D on medication compliance in Medicare beneficiaries at University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, TX. Data were collected before and after the implementation of Plan D. The impacts of various types of benefits, such as private insurance, …
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Evaluating Consumer Preferences for Medicare Part D Using Conjoint Analysis
… of an outpatient prescription drug benefit in Medicare, Medicare Part D, was one of the more significant events in United States healthcare reform history. Many seniors have chosen to enroll in the plan as the program has an enrollment of over 27 million. One central premise of Medicare Part D …
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Integrated Marketing Communications: Branding Plan for Medicare y Mucho Mas
The purpose of this paper is to explain the appropriate and effective use of branding as a vital part of the communication process of an organization. In addition, this project will help identify issues to improve enthusiasm for the use of the brand, help managers become aware of brand loyalty, and …
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A Multi-Method Analysis of Hospital Readmissions and Medicare Penalties
… a national priority in the United States, with Medicare penalizing hospitals whose readmission rates exceed benchmarks. This research examines factors associated with readmissions, identifies the types of hospitals most likely to receive penalties, and evaluates how hospitals respond to these …
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Predicting Kidney Transplantation Using Prior Disease Diagnosis From Medicare Claims Data
<p>Kidney transplant prevalence and costs have been increasing steadily in the past few decades and this trend is anticipated to continue for years to come. Patient outcomes are heavily influenced by the amount of time they are waiting for a transplant and by the quality of care they are receiving …
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The Influence of Regulatory Change on Hospital Medicare Cost Reporting Accuracy
… requirements for hospitals servicing the Medicare population that represents one-third of U.S. hospitals’ payer mix. Prior research has evaluated the influence of regulatory change on hospital financial performance, but not on reporting accuracy. The aim of this research is to address this …
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An Analysis of Medicare: How Well Is It Serving Its Constitutencies
The ramifications of the increasingly elderly US population will be prominent in discussions of health care in the 21st century as health care resources are increasingly limited. Health vulnerabilities of elderly Americans continue. These biases need to be exposed and removed so that all elderly …
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Supply response to consumer inertia : strategic pricing in Medicare Part D
… that provide prescription drug insurance through Medicare Part D exploit this inertia when setting prices. I first document descriptive evidence consistent with insurers initially setting low prices in order to "invest" in future demand before later raising prices to "harvest" inertial consumers. …
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Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Osteoarthritis Treatments among the Medicare Population
… a non-random cross sectional survey to determine Medicare beneficiaries’ preferences and willingness to pay for osteoarthritis (OA) treatments. The population of interest in this study is the Medicare eligible (over age 65) population in Memphis, TN, and surrounding cities. Data were collected at …
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Patient Perceptions of Physicians and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries
… of Physicians and Medication Adherence Among Medicare Part D Beneficiaries. Major Professor: Joseph Thomas III.</p> <p>An observational database analysis using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data was conducted to examine patient perceptions of physicians and associations with adherence to …
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Test of a Multidisciplinary Health Behavior Model of Medicare Elders' Antihypertensive Acquisitions
… proposed Pharmaceutical Acquisition Model for Medicare Elders (PAMME) in describing antihypertensive acquisition with usage intentions for Medicare elders (65 years or older) in Southeastern Virginia. Data collection included record reviews to identify hypertensive Medicare elders. Consenting …
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