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| Stephen T ParenteSummaryAffiliation: University of Minnesota Country: USA Publications
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Evolution and early evidence of the impact of consumer-driven health plans: from e-commerce venture to health savings accountsStephen T Parente
Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Curtis L Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 321 19th Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 8:343-8. 2008....
Economic analysis of medical practice variation between 1991 and 2000: the impact of patient outcomes research teams (PORTs)Stephen T Parente
Department of Finance, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Int J Technol Assess Health Care 24:282-93. 2008..The objective of the PORTs was to reduce unnecessary clinical variation in medical treatment...
Health information technology and patient safety: evidence from panel dataStephen T Parente
Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:357-60. 2009..Although these results are encouraging, we suggest that investment in health IT should be accompanied by investment in the evidence base needed to evaluate it...
Consumer-directed health plans: new evidence on spending and utilizationRoger Feldman
Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St, S E, Box 729, Minneapolis, MN 55455 0381, USA
Inquiry 44:26-40. 2007..Findings suggest the CDHP had too little out-of-pocket cost-sharing to control medical spending...
Effects of a consumer driven health plan on pharmaceutical spending and utilizationStephen T Parente
Department of Finance, Director, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, 321 19th Avenue South, Room 3 122, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Health Serv Res 43:1542-56. 2008....
Consumer experiences in a consumer-driven health planJon B Christianson
Carlson School of Management, Department of Healthcare Management, University of Minnesota, 321 19th Avenue South, Suite 3-149, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1123-40. 2004..Research also is needed on the factors that affect consumer decisions to leave CDHPs...
Employee choice of consumer-driven health insurance in a multiplan, multiproduct settingStephen T Parente
Carlson School of Management, Department of Healthcare Management, University of Minnesota, 321 19th Avenue South, Suite 3-149, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1091-112. 2004..Low out-of-pocket premiums are important features of health plans and in this setting, low premiums appeal to those who are less healthy...
National health data warehouse: issues to considerLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
J Healthc Inf Manag 18:52-8. 2004....
Identifying controlled substance patterns of utilization requiring evaluation using administrative claims dataStephen T Parente
HSI Network LLC, USA
Am J Manag Care 10:783-90. 2004..To develop a systems approach to identify, for further evaluation, patients with potential controlled substance misuse or mismanagement using software queries applied to administrative health claims data...
Health savings accounts: early estimates of national take-upRoger Feldman
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:1582-91. 2005..We predict that the Bush administration's refundable tax-credit proposal would double HSA take-up and reduce the number of uninsured people by 2.9 million, at an annual cost of $8.1 billion...
The role of the private sector in monitoring health care quality and patient safetyLynn A Blewett
Division of Health Services Research and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Saf 29:425-33. 2003..SUMMARY: A comprehensive, public/private data collection system would address the multidimensional nature of quality and use data to effectively represent this complexity to the extent possible...
Health care use and expenditures of Medicare HMO disenrolleesStephen T Parente
University of Minnesota, Department of Finance, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 26:31-43. 2005..The results suggest beneficiaries face significant costs and reduced health outcomes from unstable Medicare managed care markets...
Crime and punishment. Can the NHIN reduce the cost of healthcare fraud?Stephen T Parente
Department of Finance, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
J Healthc Inf Manag 22:42-51. 2008..In this paper we inventory the costs and benefits of fraud detection from the NHIN and conclude that such an infrastructure investment has the potential to produce significant national savings...
Defined-contribution health insurance products: development and prospectsJon B Christianson
Center for the Study of Healthcare Management, Department of Healthcare Management, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 21:49-64. 2002..The companies producing these products are now at a critical juncture. They could grow rapidly over the next few years, be acquired by existing health plans, or fail if they do not deliver on their promises...
Valuing hospital investment in information technology: does governance make a difference?Stephen T Parente
University of Minnesota, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 28:31-43. 2006..This resulting effect is consistent with the differing objectives of not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals and demonstrates the positive marginal value of IT as a sustainable and prudent investment...
The role of consumer knowledge of insurance benefits in the demand for preventive health care among the elderlyStephen T Parente
Department of Health Care Management, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
Health Econ 14:25-38. 2005..Our findings suggest that strategies to educate the insured Medicare population about coverage of preventive services may have substantial social value...
Evaluation of the effect of a consumer-driven health plan on medical care expenditures and utilizationStephen T Parente
Carlson School of Management, Department of Healthcare Management, University of Minnesota, 321 19th Avenue South, Suite 3-149, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Health Serv Res 39:1189-210. 2004..Enrollees in the CDHP have lower total expenditures than PPO enrollees, but higher utilization of resource-intensive hospital admissions after an initially favorable selection...
Impact of HMO withdrawals on vulnerable Medicare beneficiariesJulie A Schoenman
National Organization for Research at the University of Chicago, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 26:5-30. 2005..We found little evidence, however, that beneficiaries who were vulnerable due to their poorer health experienced more adverse effects...
