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Promotion of prescription drugs to consumersMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 346:498-505. 2002..Guidelines issued in 1997 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding advertising to consumers through electronic media are considered by some to be responsible for unleashing a flood of direct-to-consumer advertising...- Pay for performance and beyondMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02115, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 7:351-5. 2007..Novel mixed payment (i.e., part prospective, part fee for service and part pay for performance) models have emerged as the most promising proposals for such reform... 
Impact of financial incentives for prenatal care on birth outcomes and spendingMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Health Serv Res 44:1465-79. 2009....- Bridges to Excellence--recognizing high-quality care: analysis of physician quality and resource useMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Manag Care 14:670-7. 2008..To examine whether physicians who sought and received Bridges to Excellence (BTE) recognition performed better than similar physicians on a standardized set of population-based performance measures... - Early experience with pay-for-performance: from concept to practiceMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 294:1788-93. 2005..Although there is intense interest in and optimism about pay-for-performance programs, there is little published research on pay-for-performance in health care... 
Nearly half of families in high-deductible health plans whose members have chronic conditions face substantial financial burdenAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:322-31. 2011..As health reform efforts advance, policy makers must consider how to modify high-deductible plans to reduce the financial burden for families with chronic conditions...- Quality monitoring and management in commercial health plansBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02459, USA
Am J Manag Care 14:377-86. 2008..To examine the current state of quality monitoring and management activities of US health plans... - Climbing up the pay-for-performance learning curve: where are the early adopters now?Meredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1674-82. 2007.... - Employers' use of value-based purchasing strategiesMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
JAMA 298:2281-8. 2007.... - Engagement of health plans and employers in addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health careMeredith B Rosenthal
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Med Care Res Rev 66:219-31. 2009.... - Incentive formularies and changes in prescription drug spendingBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:360-9. 2007..To examine the impact of incentive formularies on prescription drug spending shifts in formulary compliance, use of generic medications, and mail-order fulfillment in the year after introduction of a new pharmacy benefit strategy... - Impact of a pay for performance program to improve diabetes care in the safety netAlyna T Chien
Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 21 Autumn Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Prev Med 55:S80-5. 2012..To evaluate the impact of a "piece-rate" pay for performance (P4P) program aimed at improving diabetes care processes, outcomes and related healthcare utilization for patients enrolled in a not-for-profit Medicaid-focused managed care plan... - Transmission of financial incentives to physicians by intermediary organizations in CaliforniaMeredith B Rosenthal
Harvard School of Public Health, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:197-205. 2002..Thirteen percent of medical groups and 19 percent of IPAs provided bonuses or withholds based on utilization or cost performance, which averaged 10 percent of base compensation... - Consumer experience with a tiered physician network: early evidenceAnna D Sinaiko
Department of Healthcare Policy, Harvard University, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:123-30. 2010..To analyze consumer awareness, use, and trust of a tiered provider network, which differentiates copayments by provider cost-efficiency and quality... - A decade of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugsJulie M Donohue
Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
N Engl J Med 357:673-81. 2007..Moreover, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been criticized for its weak enforcement of laws regulating such advertising... - Delayed and forgone care for families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plansAlison A Galbraith
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 27:1105-11. 2012..Individuals with chronic conditions are at particular risk for increased out-of-pocket costs in HDHPs and resulting cost-related underuse of essential health care... - Improving timely childhood immunizations through pay for performance in Medicaid-managed careAlyna T Chien
Division of General Pediatrics, Children s Hospital Boston, 21 Autumn Street Room 223, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Serv Res 45:1934-47. 2010..To evaluate the impact of a "piece-rate" pay-for-performance (P4P) program aimed at rewarding up-to-date immunization delivery to 2-year-olds according to the recommended series... - Using performance data to identify preferred hospitalsMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Room 405, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Serv Res 42:2109-19; discussion 2294-323. 2007..To explore the implications of current approaches used by health plans and purchasers to identify preferred hospitals for tiered networks using cost and quality information... - Pay for performance in commercial HMOsMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 355:1895-902. 2006..As the design of Medicare with pay for performance moves forward, it will be important to leverage the early experience of pay for performance in the commercial market... - Do patients continue to see physicians who are removed from a PPO network?Meredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:713-9. 2009.... - P4P: rumors of its demise may be exaggeratedMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Am J Manag Care 13:238-9. 2007..Because of the critical role payment incentives play in guiding practice patterns, it is hard to imagine substantial reform of the delivery system without coordinated changes in payment... - A typology of organizational and contractual arrangements for purchasing and delivery of behavioral health careMeredith B Rosenthal
Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Room 405, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:461-9. 2006.... - Wellness programs and lifestyle discrimination--the legal limitsMichelle M Mello
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 359:192-9. 2008 - How report cards on physicians, physician groups, and hospitals can have greater impact on consumer choicesAnna D Sinaiko
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:602-11. 2012..Overcoming the constraint of limited public funding, and achieving the acceptance of providers, is critical to realizing future success... - Health risk appraisals: how much do they influence employees' health behavior?Haiden A Huskamp
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:1532-40. 2009..Among those who complete an HRA, use of office visits, prescription drugs, and cervical cancer screening increases compared to those who are not offered an HRA... - Managed care and efficient rationingMeredith B Rosenthal
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Health Care Finance 28:1-10. 2002..Further research on the nature of provider and consumer rationing decisions is needed to inform the design of supply-side and demand-side incentives that will lead to an efficient allocation of services... - Use of well-child visits in high-deductible health plansAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Fl, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Am J Manag Care 16:833-40. 2010..To examine how enrollment in high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) affects use of well-child visits relative to traditional plans, when preventive care is exempt from the deductible... - Pay-for-performance: will the latest payment trend improve care?Meredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
JAMA 297:740-4. 2007 - The geographic distribution of physicians revisitedMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Health Serv Res 40:1931-52. 2005.... - Beyond pay for performance--emerging models of provider-payment reformMeredith B Rosenthal
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 359:1197-200. 2008 - The design and application of shared savings programs: lessons from early adoptersJoel S Weissman
Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 31:1959-68. 2012..We conclude with principles for the design of future shared savings arrangements and consideration of issues that will confront decision makers as these efforts mature and expand... - Paying for quality: providers' incentives for quality improvementMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:127-41. 2004.... - Assessing the evidence for value-based insurance designNiteesh K Choudhry
Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 29:1988-94. 2010..Maximizing the benefits of value-based insurance design will require mechanisms to target appropriate copayment reductions, offset short-run cost outlays, and expand its use to other health services... - Patients with multiple chronic conditions do not receive lower quality of preventive careSeungJin Bae
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1933-9. 2008..The implications of measuring and rewarding performance for patients with multiple chronic conditions have not been explored empirically... - Individual responsibility or a policy solution--cap and trade for the U.S. diet?Kristina H Lewis
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 365:1561-3. 2011 - Doughnut-hole economicsMeredith B Rosenthal
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 23:129-35. 2004..I consider alternative explanations for this new benefit design trend and conclude that the desire to distribute tangible benefits to the largest number of constituents is most plausible... - Defining and measuring integrated patient care: promoting the next frontier in health care deliverySara J Singer
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Med Care Res Rev 68:112-27. 2011.... - Should health care come with a warranty?Francois de Brantes
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w678-87. 2009..We conclude that warranties could motivate providers to improve quality and could increase their profit margins... - Nonpayment for performance? Medicare's new reimbursement ruleMeredith B Rosenthal
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 357:1573-5. 2007 - Do integrated medical groups provide higher-quality medical care than individual practice associations?Ateev Mehrotra
University of Pittsburgh and RAND Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 2665, USA
Ann Intern Med 145:826-33. 2006..The association between the organizational structure of physician groups and health care quality has never been evaluated empirically... - The economic impacts of the tobacco settlementDavid M Cutler
Department of Economics, Harvard University, USA
J Policy Anal Manage 21:1-19. 2002..To the extent that the value of the health benefits is not offset by the value of the pleasure foregone, the economic impacts of the MSA will include a share of these health benefits... - A cost-effectiveness framework for profiling the value of hospital careJustin W Timbie
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Med Decis Making 28:419-34. 2008..Using cost-effectiveness methods to profile hospital "value'' permits the comparison of the benefit of a service relative to the cost using existing societal weights... - What is the empirical basis for paying for quality in health care?Meredith B Rosenthal
Harvard University, USA
Med Care Res Rev 63:135-57. 2006..Even in non-health settings, however, where the institutional features are more favorable to a positive impact, the literature contains mixed results on the effectiveness of analogous pay-for-performance schemes...