In addition to directly assisting clients to solve business problems, Bailit Health Purchasing
staff conduct research and author publications to assist the broader community
of health and human services purchasers and regulators.
A sample of published articles and reports is available below.
Toward Innovative Models of Health Care and Financing: Matchmaking in Maryland
Kate Bazinsky, Laura Herrera and Joshua Sharfstein
The Journal of the American Medical Association - April 2012
Link to article
Stabilizing MassHealth Funding: Options to Break the Recurring Cycle of Expansion and Contraction
Written by Beth Waldman, Robert Seifert and Kate Nordahl
Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute - February 2012
Link to article
Key Design Elements of Shared-Savings Payment Arrangements
Written by Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
The Commonwealth Fund - August 2011
Link to article
The ACA´s Impact on Medicaid: Changes and Opportunities for MassHealth
Written by Beth Waldman and Kate Nordahl
The Massachusetts Medicaid Policy Institute - July 2011
Link to article
Payment and Delivery Reform Action Briefs
Written by Michael Bailit
Published by Catalyst for Payment Reform - June 2011
Link to article
Multipayer Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation Guided by the Chronic Care Model
Written by Robert Gabbay, Michael Bailit et al.
Published by The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety - June 2011
Link to article
Assessing the Financial Health of Medicaid Managed Care Plans and the Quality of Patient Care They Provide
Written by Michael McCue and Michael Bailit
Published by The Commonwealth Fund - June 15, 2011
Link to article
Payment Rate Brief
Written by Michael Bailit
Published by the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative - March 30, 2011
Link to article
Monitoring Medi-Cal: Recommendations for Measuring the Performance of California´s Medicaid Program
Written by Beth Waldman and Michael Bailit
Published by the California HealthCare Foundation - January 2011 Link to article
Physician Payment Reform
Written by Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
Published in National Business Coalition on Health Value-based Purchasing Guide - January 2011 Link to article
Rhode Island´s Novel Experiment To Rebuild Primary Care From The Insurance Side
Written by Chris Koller, Troy Brennan and Michael Bailit
Published in Health Affairs - May 2010 Link to article
Value–Based Purchasing and Consumer Engagement Strategies in State Employee Health Plans: A Purchaser Guide
Written by Joshua Slen, Michael Bailit and Marge Houy
Published April 2010 View PDF (1MB)
Massachusetts Health Care Reform
Written by Beth Waldman
Published April 7, 2010 View PDF (641K)
Covering Children and their Parents - The Massachusetts Model and Implications for National Health Reform
Written by Beth Waldman
Published December 2009 View PDF (672K)
Using Insurance Standards and Policy Levers to Build a High Performance Health System
Written by Michael Bailit and Christopher Koller
Published November 6, 2009 View PDF (749K)
Health Plan Capabilities to Support Value Based Benefit Design
Written by Marge Houy, Michael Joseph, and Laura Jacobus-Kantor
Published October 2009 View PDF (1.1 MB)
Value-Based Benefit Design: A Purchaser Guide
Written by Marge Houy
Published September 2009 View PDF (696K)
Pay-for-Performance in the Medi-Cal Managed Care and Healthy Families Programs: Findings and Recommendations
Written by Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
Published August 2009 View PDF (708K)
The Purchaser Guide to the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Written by Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes
Published July 9, 2008 View PDF (568K)
The State Children´s Health Insurance Program in Massachusetts: Achievements, Challenges and
Implications for Health Reform
Written by Beth Waldman
Published April 2007 View PDF (264K)
Physician Pay-for-Performance in Medicaid: A Guide for States
Written by Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer along with Karen LLanos and Joanie Rothstein of the Center for Health Care Strategies
Published April 2007 View PDF (400K)
Purchaser Guide to Value-driven Health Care
Written by Michael Bailit, Marge Houy and Michael Joseph
Published February 2007 View Article
Understanding the Influence of Publicly Traded Health Plans on Medicaid Managed Care
Written by Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer
Published November 2006 View Article
Incentives and Rewards Best Practices Primer:
Lessons Learned from Early Pilots
Written by Michael Bailit, Mary Beth Dyer and Michael Joseph
Published July 2006 View PDF (288k)
Putting Quality to Work: Rewarding Plan Performance in
Medi-Cal Managed Care
Written by Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer
Published May 2006 View Article
As Employers Pull Their Money Out: The Failure of Health Care Cost Control
Written by Michael Bailit
Published June 21, 2005 View Article
Beyond Bankable Dollars: Establishing a Business Case for Improving Health Care
Written by Michael Bailit and Mary Beth Dyer.
Published September 2004 View PDF (218K)
State Budget Cuts and Medicaid Managed Care: Case Studies of Four States
Written by Laurie Burgess and Michael Bailit along with independent consultant Trisha Roddy.
Published June 2004 View PDF (358K)
Financial Performance Incentives for Quality: The State of the Art
Health care purchasers are increasingly pursuing how financial incentives can help
to motivate quality improvement activity. This monograph provides an overview of
a quality incentive-based approach to health care purchasing.
Published September 2002 View PDF (613K)
Ensuring Quality Providers: A Purchaser´s Toolkit for Using Incentives
Bailit staff have created a "how-to" toolkit for organizations interested in introducing
quality incentives with health care providers.
Published May 2002 View PDF (508K)
Ensuring Quality Health Plans: A Purchaser´s Toolkit for Using Incentives
Bailit staff have created a "how-to" toolkit for organizations interested in introducing
quality incentives with health plans.
Published March 2002 View PDF (464K)
Provider Incentive Models for Improving Quality of Care
Provider quality incentives are an important component of value-based purchasing. They create
a business case for providers to invest their time and effort in health care quality improvement.
This monograph identifies the range of provider incentive models that sponsoring organizations
should consider.
Published March 2002 View PDF (3,850K)
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