Boca Raton Community Hospital Foundation

Project Title: Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations of Nursing Home Residents: Refinement and Evaluation of a Toolkit for Nursing Home Health Professionals
Principal Investigator: Joseph G. Ouslander, M.D.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $398,787

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Project Title: Tailoring Pediatric Preventive Care to Individual Needs, Phase 2: Validating a New Instrument
Principal Investigator: Susmita Pati, M.D., M.P.H.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $247,016

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Project Title: Assessing the Impact of Lower Prescription Drug Cost-Sharing on Medication Adherence, Clinical Outcomes, and Health Care Costs
Principal Investigator: Niteesh K. Choudhry, M.D., Ph.D.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $186,366

University of Chicago

Project Title: Evaluation of The Commonwealth Fund's Medical Home Safety-Net Initiative, Phase 1
Principal Investigator: Marshall H. Chin, M.D., M.P.H.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $489,638

The Commonwealth Fund

Project Title: Presidential/Congressional Transition Year Opportunities
Principal Investigator: Sara Collins
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $300,000

The Commonwealth Fund

Project Title: International Symposium on Health Care Policy, Fall 2009
Principal Investigator: Robin Osborn
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $315,000

North Carolina Foundation for Advanced Health Programs, Inc.

Project Title: Diffusing the Community Care of North Carolina Model to Bring Medical Homes to Medicaid Beneficiaries
Principal Investigator: Torlen Wade, M.P.H.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $286,866

Harris Interactive, Inc.

Project Title: International Health Policy Survey, 2009
Principal Investigator: Jordon Peugh, Ph.D.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $470,100

The Commonwealth Fund

Project Title: Analytic Work for Developing and Updating the Commission Scorecards on Health System Performance
Principal Investigator: Cathy Schoen
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $90,000

Pioneer Network in Culture Change

Project Title: The Pioneer Network Initiative: Moving into the Second Decade, Year 4
Principal Investigator: Bonnie Kantor, Sc.D., M.A.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $334,923

American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging

Project Title: Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes: Using Coalitions to Accelerate Progress, Phase 2
Principal Investigator: William L. Minnix, Jr., D.Min.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $474,107

International Communications Research

Project Title: Commonwealth Fund Survey of Young Adults
Principal Investigator: Melissa J. Herrmann
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $266,744

Health Management Associates, Inc.

Project Title: Case Studies of Systems of Child Health Care Coordination for States
Principal Investigator: Sharon Silow-Carroll, M.B.A., M.S.W.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $107,610

RAND Corporation

Project Title: Implementing a National Insurance Connector
Principal Investigator: Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Ph.D.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $214,066

The George Washington University

Project Title: Medicaid Case Management Policy Reform to Promote Healthy Child Development
Principal Investigator: Sara Rosenbaum, J.D.
Date Awarded: July 15, 2008
Award Amount: $76,328