Health Economics and Financing Research Profile

Effects of Pay for Performance on Health Care Disparities

A study to assess whether health care disparities are increasing under pay-for-performance incentive programs and, if so, how programs can be redesigned to minimize such effects.
Contact: Cheryl Damberg, PhD (Cheryl_Damberg@rand.org)

Changes to Medicare Reimbursement and its Effects on Post-Acute Care

An assessment of how recent changes in Medicare's methods of payment for post-acute care after hospital discharge might affect important health outcomes for seniors.
Contact: Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, PhD (Melinda_Buntin@rand.org)

Eliminating Payment Differentials for Services Provided in Different Settings

A study to examine the extent to which Medicare payments for services delivered in hospital outpatient departments differ from payments for similar services provided in other ambulatory settings.
Contact: Barbara Wynn, MA (Barbara_Wynn@rand.org)

Pay-for-Performance and Breast Cancer Care in Taiwan

A pilot study to design, implement, and evaluate an intervention that provides incentive payments to providers to improve the quality of processes and outcomes of breast cancer care.
Contact: Jason Wang, MD (Jason_Wang@rand.org)