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articles & publications

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.


 

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)
 

 




May 12, 2010 - Arlington, VA
"Turning Lessons Learned From Leading Edge State Expansion Programs Into Strategies to Drive Medicaid Business" - The Medicaid Business and Expansion Forum
- Joshua Slen

January 14, 2010 - Arlington, VA
"Delivery System Design: Medical Homes, Payment Reform and Beyond" - HRSA State Health Access Program Grantee Meeting
- Michael Bailit

December 3, 2009 - Nashville, TN
"Value-Based Purchasing and Consumer Engagement in State Employee Health Plans" - Annual State Employee Benefits Roundtable
- Joshua Slen

November 21, 2009 - Warwick, RI
"Payment Methods for the Patient-Centered Medical Home" - American College of Physicians Rhode Island Patient-Centered Medical Home Summit
- Marge Houy

November 13, 2009 - Shrewsbury, MA
"The Next Phase of Health Care Reform in Massachusetts: How proposed cost containment strategies would impact care delivery" - Massachusetts Asthma Action Partnership
- Beth Waldman

November 10, 2009 - Columbus, OH
"New Methods for Care Delivery and Payment" - Ohio Health Care Coverage and Quality Council
- Michael Bailit