Modeling the Impact of Changes to Medicare Payment Policy and Broader Payment Reforms
Award Amount:
$400,000
Approval Date:
April 14, 2009
Start Date:
June 1, 2009
End Date:
November 30, 2010
The Commonwealth Fund
1 East 75th Street
New York, New York 10024
Principal Investigator:
Stuart Guterman
Achieving and sustaining a high performance health system will require changes in the way we pay for care, as well as incentives that encourage more appropriate, effective, and efficient care delivery. For this project, the Fund will select one or more organizations with the capacity to 1) model and analyze up to 15 policy options for reforming the way Medicare and other public and private insurers pay for care and 2) assess the impact of these reforms on payers, care providers, and patient populations. Based on these analyses, Fund staff, working with the grantee, will produce issue briefs and other publications to inform the debate over the best ways to slow the growth of public and private health spending while enhancing value.