Rural enrollment in Medicare advantage is concentrated in private fee-for-service plans [0.03%]
农村医疗保险优势项目的入学率集中在私人费用挂钩服务计划中
Timothy D McBride,Tanchica L Terry,Keith J Mueller
Timothy D McBride
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans more than doubled in rural areas in 2006, the first year of the MA program. However, rural enrollment remains well below urban enrollment as a percentage of the eligible population. This policy br...
Timothy D McBride,Tanchica L Terry,Keith J Mueller
Timothy D McBride
This policy brief provides findings about Medicare beneficiary enrollment in prescription drug plans (PDPs) in rural and urban areas across the United States, updating early findings from an analysis of plans presented in a previous RUPRI C...
Keith J Mueller,A Clinton MacKinney,Timothy D McBride
Keith J Mueller
Medicare payment disproportionately impacts rural physicians compared to urban. For example, 51% of rural physicians, compared to 44% of urban physicians, receive at least 38% of their payments from Medicare.1 Thus, the Medicare physician p...
Anne Skinner,Roslyn Fraser-Maginn,Keith J Mueller
Anne Skinner
Health care quality is being addressed from a variety of policy perspectives. The 2001 Institute of Medicine report, Crossing the Quality Chasm, calls for sweeping action involving a five-part strategy for change in the U.S. health care sys...
Medicare Part D: early findings on enrollment and choices for rural beneficiaries [0.03%]
关于医疗补助计划D篇的早期发现：农村受益人的参保和选择情况
Timothy D McBride,Tanchica L Terry,Keith J Mueller
Timothy D McBride
On January 1, 2006, the Medicare program began offering prescription drug coverage (Medicare Part D) to over 42 million Medicare beneficiaries. This policy brief provides a first snapshot of enrollment in rural and urban areas across the Un...
Why are health care expenditures increasing and is there a rural differential? [0.03%]
医疗卫生支出的增长原因及其在城乡间的差异性分析
Timothy D McBride
Timothy D McBride
The impact of welfare reform on health insurance coverage in rural areas [0.03%]
福利改革对农村居民健康保险覆盖的影响分析
Timothy D McBride,Courtney Andrews
Timothy D McBride
Comparative Study
Rural policy brief. 2005 Dec 1;10(6(PB2005-6)):1-8. DOI: 2005
Contracting with Medicare Advantage plans: a brief for critical access hospital administrators [0.03%]
与医疗保险优势计划签订合同：关于临界护理医院管理者简报
Michelle Mason,Roslyn Fraser-Maginn,Keith Mueller et al.
Michelle Mason et al.
This document summarizes the experience of CAH administrators with contracts offered by Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Telephone surveys were conducted with CAH administrators across the country to learn about their experiences with MA plan...
Assessing the financial effect of Medicare payment on rural hospitals: does the source of data change the results? [0.03%]
医疗保险付款对农村医院的财务影响评估：数据来源不同会影响结果吗？
Li-Wu Chen,Susan Puumala,Keith J Mueller et al.
Li-Wu Chen et al.
In this policy brief, we explore how predictions of changes in hospital financial performance as a result of change in Medicare payment differ when comparing results using data from the Medicare Cost Report (MCR) to results using data from ...
Comparative Study
Rural policy brief. 2005 Nov 1;10(3(PB2005-3)):1-8. DOI: 2005
Preparing for Medicare Part D: an opportunity for state offices of rural health and state rural health associations [0.03%]
为医疗保险Part D做好准备：州级农村卫生办公室和州级农村卫生协会的机会
Keith J Mueller,Lisa Bottsford
Keith J Mueller